Israeli settlers torching Al-Rahma Mosque in Qusra? Where’s the outcry from CNN and MSNBC? You’d think we were in a world where these acts against places of worship matter. Instead, these networks twist themselves into pretzels to avoid calling out the violence of settlers while casually reporting the collateral arrests of dozens of Palestinians as if they were just trivial statistics. Why does the narrative always pivot toward the Palestinian “tensions” rather than the clear aggression and outright vandalism from Israeli settlers?

Meanwhile, Fox News pops up with their analysis, framing the conflict as if it were just a game of “he said, she said.” They conveniently forget that one side is lighting mosques ablaze while the other tries to simply exist in their own homeland. This skewed balance not only distorts reality but also fuels the vicious cycle of violence that corporate media conveniently ignores when it’s inconvenient for their narrative. Let’s call this what it is: a media blackout on the truth and a pathetic attempt at maintaining a false equivalency.

The media’s hand-wringing over ‘both sides’ is not just misleading; it’s downright dangerous. It fosters ignorance and, ultimately, violence. They veil the truth behind a smokescreen of neutrality that betrays their lack of accountability. If these outlets want to maintain any credibly, they need to start calling out injustice for what it is, regardless of what group is perpetrating it.