America has always been a divided country went it comes to war. All the way back to the Civil war up until today with the war against Ukraine.
Antiwar voices are often silenced because they go against the American Government. War brings in money and the country doesn't want that flow of income to stop. So, they go to war.
Antiwar voices are going to convince people that war is not necessary and won't fix anything. This isn't good for the big corporations who depend on war for their income. Therefore, they silence those voices and make it seem like was is the only way to solve any issues.
In 2014, 205 guests appeared on popular news channel shows such as CNN's "Situation Room" Fox News' "Special Report" and MSNBC's "hardball" to talk about the military actions the US was taking in Iraq and Syria.
Out of those 205 guests, 6 were in opposition to continue having US military operations in those countries.
So many of the popular mainstream media outlets we know are not including any antiwar perspectives, only pro war. There is a new term introduced called infotainment. This refers to broadcast material that is meant to inform and entertain.
The idea of this is to just try and get people interested in what you have to say. That being said, sometimes the information might not be the whole truth or can sometimes leave parts of stories out of the broadcast.
War hits both of those categories; viewers and money.
Military officials are on this side of the war too not just out serving the country. MSNBC was owned by General Electric which is a national conglomerate. This is a company that makes millions of dollars from war.
So when MSNBC host Phil Donahue said he opposed the US military invasion of Iraq, his show was cancelled and taken off MSNBC.
News channels no longer care about reporting both sides of a story, they want to hear the one that makes them more money and gain more viewers.
That means the information might not be 100% true.
Especially in times of war, companies are greedy and don't care if they are putting fear in Americans or making people uneasy about the idea of war.
Even just this one example shows that the media and government only care about the income they will make. They want to push the agenda of the industry and its profits. The US Military looks to grow more powerful and this is one of the ways they are going to achieve that.
I myself have never seen or heard any antiwar perspectives until looking into those two websites. I understand now why they are silenced but don't agree with the reasons. For news and media outlets to fully report a story they have to give both sides. It's not fair to the people.
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