So, Sonam Wangchuk has become the face of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in Delhi, and corporate media are running wild with it, trying to spin it as some revolutionary movement. But let’s cut through the nonsense. Is Wangchuk really pushing the narrative of the oppressed, or is he just another cog in the machine looking for a spotlight? Outlets like CNN and The New York Times love to romanticize protests without digging deeper. They frame these figures as heroes while ignoring the groundwork—or lack thereof—they’re laying.

Wangchuk’s charisma has undoubtedly drawn crowds, but mainstream media are eager to grasp on to any feel-good angle, painting the protest as a utopian uprising against the “status quo.” Fox News might tiptoe around the complexities, sanitizing any real dissent by portraying protesters as victims instead of active participants shaping their destiny. It’s a lazy narrative, pandering to viewers who want to rally behind a “cause” but lack critical thinking skills to analyze what’s actually happening.

Where’s the investigative reporting? Where’s the hard question about who’s financing these protests and what’s their real agenda? Instead, we see this glorified coverage that promotes the “savior complex.” It’s straight out of media playbooks that thrive on oversimplification. If you want to have a real conversation about change, critique the players involved without glamorizing them. But that doesn’t sell ad space, does it?