In the fields the bodies burning and the war machine keeps turning

How US media builds public support for confrontation with China

"A recent NBC Nightly News threat hyping segment exemplifies the fourth estate’s complicity in a march to a new cold war with Beijing."

"First, hype the threat...

Second, the segment completely ignored the wider context and the complexities of U.S.-China and U.S.-Russia relations...

And lastly, this all led to the idea that more money for the Pentagon is in order. “Alaska senators today (are) renewing calls for increased investment in military power in Alaska,” Gilcrhist said — without any examination of whether that is even necessary. .."