It’s downright shocking how the mainstream media, particularly outlets like CNN and MSNBC, bury their heads in the sand when it comes to the brutal realities facing Palestinian children. Egypt’s national football coach did not hold back, condemning the deafening silence that surrounds these tragedies. And guess what? While our favorite corporate media giants reel off their dopamine-inducing clicks and likes, the suffering of innocent children is reduced to footnotes in the grand narratives of conflict.

By focusing on the sensational and conveniently omitting accountability, networks like Fox News and NBC skew the public perception. They prefer to push corporate-sponsored narratives that allow them to sleep at night, far removed from the cries of those in distress. They craft an image of neutrality while actually maintaining a bias that perpetuates ignorance. How many Palestinian children must suffer before they garner a fraction of the attention that other global crises receive? Spoiler alert: As long as it doesn’t fit the narrative, the answer is “not enough.”

Just imagine if the roles were reversed. If hundreds of Israeli children were the victims, the outrage would flood every news cycle for weeks—but Palestinian lives barely make the ticker. This hypocrisy isn’t just shameful; it’s criminal. We must demand honest reporting that reflects the real human cost of conflict and not just the glossy, filtered versions that media fat cats want us to believe. Otherwise, what are we really learning? It’s time to wake up, people.