So, as the 4-Day War enters its third week, both the nominal Commander-in-Chief and the nominal Secretary of War have been lashing out at the so-called Liberal Media for circulating rumors and fake news that the War (which we remind our readers was never officially or legally declared) didn't end on Day One; or that the Iranian Military has been completely wiped out; or that the Iranian people haven't risen up and overthrown the Ayatollahs like the White House Press Corps regularly reminds us is happening and the Corporate Media slavishly repeats.
Even though the American Media can't seem to lavish enough praise on the Administration and cover up for them at every turn, they are reflexively being blamed for not toeing the Party Line with sufficient enthusiasm. In line with the WEF's 2023 and 2024 Agendas which called for greater effort by their respective vassals for combating disinformation, NSPM-7 has apparently begun to be employed against journalists who are a bit skeptical about the War, including some high-profile Conservatives. At this point, these allegations are unconfirmed, but we've already seen how NSPM-7 was used against journalists covering ICE abuses, and the New Right was happy with that; brushing off suggestions that these unaccountable Police-State powers conceivably might be turned against them at some point.
What seems to have infuriated the Oligarchs especially was coverage over an attack on Kharg Island, and Iranian fuel depot. Anticipating the strike, Iranian forces evacuated the island and the massive barrage of bombs did little damage. The White House has responded with bombardment of its own in a series of long, often hysterical posts on Social Media.
Official censorship levels in the United States haven't reached (yet) the levels of some of the WEF satraps in the Middle East, since here we have plenty of Corporate self-censorship to give the illusion that the First Amendment (which has been a Dead Letter since the Scamdemic) is still operative. For example, in Bahrain, the Government has ordered the Saudi mercenaries and Western 'security contractors' propping up the Regime to execute anyone reporting on the situation there on the spot. There were rumors in Bahrain last week that His Royal Majesty King Hamad had fled the country, but these were apparently untrue: although the monarch is reportedly deeply buried in a bunker somewhere on the island.
In Israel, the Zionists have imposed a mandatory five-year minimum jail sentence for anyone releasing unauthorized video footage of their gallant defense of the Holy Land or filming their ongoing atrocities against the Christian population of Lebanon. Zionist Media outlets have reported that over 90% of Iranian missiles have been intercepted although Iran launched a 54th sortie this very evening, and such videos as have been leaked don't show much in the way of interceptions but considerable explosions and damage on the ground. Today, Israel released a rather unconvincing AI-generated video to counter rumors that Zionist Supreme Leader Benjamin Netanyahu is actually dead. Itamar Ben-Givr, one of the architects of the Gaza Genocide (which US Ambassador Mike Huckabee also claims isn't really happening) is believed widely to be dead as well.
Likewise, in the US, we also have a few political figures who seem to be missing.
Former Democratic Presidential candidate and WEF Young Global Leader Tulsi Gabbard (currently the Director of National Intelligence, we think) also seems to have disappeared. Tulsi ran afoul of the Party during the previous attack on Iran, and was relegated to assignments like seizing 2020 Election ballots in Georgia. There have been a few softball posts from her office since the war began, but nothing relating to National Security or the war itself. JD Vance, who also made statements against operations against Iran before changing his stripes, also notably has been quiet.
Most likely in the cases of Tulsi and Vance, the Administration has deemed it prudent to keep them on ice: as doing interviews invariably would involve them explaining why they changed their positions on Iran; which, in turn, would necessitate giving actual reasons for why the war started in the first place. That subject is also becoming a Third Rail Topic.
No would dispute that times of actual war, the Government must take certain measures to prevent compromising operations. Then again, though, we're talking about actual war. Even then---most recently WW2 and Korea---the Government was transparent about military casualties and setbacks. That, however, was a different era when our Government treated its people as citizens worthy of respect and not as subjects deserving only of contempt. In such situations, rumors tend to swell, which do more damage than telling the truth would have accomplished. When, however, the goal of a Government is authoritarian control; rumors are actually encouraged to justify crackdowns on the Media, which is what we are witnessing today.
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