James Bays at Al Jazeera is portraying NATO’s Ankara summit as “high stakes,” but let’s cut through the fluff. The mainstream media is obsessed with framing this gathering as a critical moment in global geopolitics, but why? Is it really about collaboration and stability, or is it about corporate interests feeding off conflict?

Look at CNN, shamelessly pushing the narrative that NATO is the bastion of democracy facing off against authoritarianism. They want you convinced that every military alliance is a beacon of freedom. But as history shows, alliances can just as easily suppress self-determination to protect their own interests. Meanwhile, Fox News remains predictably alarmist, framing every NATO move as a direct threat to U.S. sovereignty while ignoring the realities on the ground in Turkey. Are we really buying into this theatrical spectacle? Or is it a cover for deeper aims?

Let’s not forget that NATO’s cozy relations with Turkey are deeply problematic. Human rights abuses? Shhh. Those get less airtime than the latest political gossip. It’s a classic case of selective outrage where our corporate media picks and chooses which issues warrant engagement based on who’s in the club. At the end of the day, this summit isn’t about unity; it’s about preserving the status quo for those at the top.