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It's strange that they're doing this. It would fit the mainstream media profile more to just bury it under the veteran mental health label.
Any idea of why they're allowing Bushnell to be heard?
Please understand manufacturing consent. The media won’t necessarily bury the truth by failing to report it. They will just have one report about it and 99 other reports about how mentally ill he was, or “is Gaza a genocide”, or remind you about the “Gaza Rapes”.
Anything nuanced is simplified and anything simple is bogged down in nuance
because he streamed the video and the video went viral on telegram and social media, so it couldn't be hushed or ignored. they needed to mention it to tamp it down and get a narrative going.
I really think the biggest part of it is that he was in the military- not only does mainstream society see them as more credible, they're more involved in the genocide. They can't sell it as some weird hippy guy doing something crazy. And I think it has the potential to hit Biden so much differently if the momentum of this story keeps up.
Shocking things get views which probably outweighs the negatives of promoting anti-Israel propoganda. CNN also has the ability to spread the mental health crisis line far wider than any internet personality, which is probably a more effective tactic to undercut Aaron's words than just trying to ignore something so shocking, especially when other competing channels will be showing it.