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Really, please link mainstream media reporting what the students are saying.
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/university-protests-pro-palestinian-israel-05-06-24/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/04/us/mississippi-campus-protest-gaza-black-student/index.html
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/may-3-police-arrests-campus-protests-encampments
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/what-are-protestors-charged-with/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68965903
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68908885
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/4/27/is-the-crackdown-on-us-university-campuses-a-threat-to-free-speech
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/4/in-texas-pro-palestine-university-protesters-clash-with-state-leaders
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/student-protests-look-familiar-but-march-to-a-different-beat/articleshow/109775851.cms
https://english.news.cn/northamerica/20240429/2d9c437179754f9c9cab5de59a648eab/c.html
https://english.news.cn/20240428/f8e842c9f2324617939688bdb041d191/c.html
There ya go; a selection of reportings regarding the mass student protests over the Israel/Gaza situation. I tried to include a variety, let me know if this isn't global/mainstream news enough. I can google some more.
I see you have reading comprehension problems. I didn't ask you to provide links to media reporting about the protests. I asked you to provide links reporting what the protesters are saying.
I actually went through a few of those links and they don't say much at all, or reframe the reasons the students are there while only quoting irrelevant statements.
Exactly, and that's precisely my point. Western media is refusing o engage with what the protesters say or why they're protesting. Parenti does a great job outlining this tactic in Inventing Reality incidentally.
Btw this was an excellent article! I have it bookmarked now.
For sure, Hedges nails it.
Going out of your way to demonstrate how stupid you are
Show a single quote from the students where they state the reason for the protest and what their demands are.
It is funny seeing you racking Ls, you smug liberal.