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Stephanie Miller and John Fugelsang take a blowtorch to the way American media covers Iran, US empire, and who really owns our news. They connect today’s Iran headlines to the 1953 CIA coup that toppled democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, the brutal reign of the US‑backed Shah, and the rise of the current theocratic regime. Then they jump to the 2009 Green Movement and the younger generation of Iranians who’ve risked everything to overthrow their own religious extremists—while our pundits cheer for yet another US‑engineered “regime change.”
From there, Stephanie and John drag the “Call of Duty” style coverage of Iran’s strikes on US bases and the total lack of historical context on cable news. They highlight how our most expensive military assets can be hit, yet viewers are never told how decades of coups, sanctions, and proxy wars led us here. Finally, they turn to the growing role of Saudi and Qatari money in American media and what it could mean if Gulf monarchies end up with real influence over CNN and the rest of the corporate news ecosystem—while the same elites who helped break Iran now pretend to be guardians of democracy.
If you’re tired of spoon‑fed Pentagon narratives and want to understand how past US decisions are driving today’s crises, this conversation is for you.
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