So, Myanmar’s military government releases photos of Aung San Suu Kyi meeting with an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) official, and suddenly the corporate media is scrambling to spin this into a narrative. Just look at CNN and The Guardian. Instead of asking the hard questions—like why Suu Kyi is in detention at all or the legitimacy of these so-called ‘meetings’—they’re busy turning this into a sympathetic story about her plight. They want you to feel sorry for her while ignoring the larger issue of military oppression and state-sponsored brutality.

Fox News isn’t much better but plays it a bit differently. They focus on the sensationalism but often miss the crux of the matter: the people of Myanmar are suffering, not just Suu Kyi. Both sides of the media want to pull you into their ideological corners, spinning the narrative to suit their agendas while disregarding the real consequences of military rule.

Meanwhile, major outlets continue to soften the blow of the military’s actions, as if showing a benign photo of Suu Kyi somehow absolves the military from their crimes against humanity. It’s a classic case of media complicity. If these networks truly cared, they would report the truth about Myanmar—an oppressive regime suppressing human rights and freedoms, not just one woman’s story in isolation.