Jiang claims Ukraine has been a disaster for Ukraine because Russia has dominated the battlefield and killed many Ukrainians, while American news has portrayed the war as going well.
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American Media
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Key Notes
Jiang compares optimistic American narratives about Ukraine to predicted narratives about Iran surrendering, Iran's economy collapsing, popular revolt, and peace in the Middle East.
Jiang says Netanyahu is in important respects an American creation, citing Sheldon Adelson's backing, Netanyahu's preference for American media, and his formative years in the United States.
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"is going well. Okay? And we know this because this is exactly what happened in Ukraine. For the past few years Russia has been..."
"Look, I think you can make a very legitimate argument that Israel is in very much control of the American political apparatus. AIPAC is..."
"...Netanyahu, he does not talk to Israeli media. He talks to American media. He refuses to talk to local Israeli media. You can't, if..."
"...anti -war you know i'm most impressed with in in mainstream american media for the longest time um and that's very brave of him..."
"...American military is. There's a surge of patriotism in America. The American media, CNN, New York Times, they are just praising the American military..."
"media or American media I I know a lot of history to understand the media is is distorting reality okay but uh most people..."
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