• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    It’s unclear if Nigeria asked the US for help but they seem to be accepting it.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-launches-strikes-against-islamic-state-militants-northwest-nigeria-trump-says-2025-12-25/

    Nigeria’s government has said armed groups target both Muslims and Christians, and U.S. claims that Christians face persecution do not represent the complex security situation and ignore efforts to safeguard religious freedom. But it has agreed to work with the U.S. to bolster its forces against militant groups.

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      At this point though, that’s just noise.

      Unfortunately, the mass media is complicit in the insanity - they’ve abandoned principles, integrity, honesty and accuracy in pursuit of profit and/or the owners’ agenda, whichever might be deemed more important in a given organization.

      That’s not to say that that story is necessarily false. It’s simply that if it’s a spin that serves someone’s agenda, as this obviously is, then it will be published somewhere, entirely regardless of whether it’s true or not, so the fact that it has been published means nothing at all.

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        Sorry for being picky, just wanted to point out this bit of redundancy:

        in pursuit of profit and/or the owners’ agenda

        That agenda ultimately is and always will be profit for any company even a hundredth of that size, let alone a straight up monopoly.

        Other than that, no notes 10/10