The bounty farce: How the Western media rebrands an invasion as a ‘capture’

The Western media acts as a PR wing for the Pentagon, turning sovereign nations into crime scenes

When the Trump administration’s attorney general, William Barr, announced a “bounty” of $15 million in March 2020 on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the presentation felt less like a diplomatic maneuver and more like a casting call for a low-budget spaghetti Western. The entire show – replete with the cinematic gravitas of a sheriff pinning a “Wanted” poster to a saloon door ...