The western media is starting to coalesce around a narrative of "Evil militants did it with the help of nasty old Russia!" CBC has an article entitled "Niger's pro-junta protesters attack French Embassy", with the tagline "Coup supporters denounce former colonial power, shout support for Russia". It's a standard context-free piece courtesy of Associated Press that reads like a US state department communique.
The western media is starting to coalesce around a narrative of "Evil militants did it with the help of nasty old Russia!" CBC has an article entitled "Niger's pro-junta protesters attack French Embassy", with the tagline "Coup supporters denounce former colonial power, shout support for Russia". It's a standard context-free piece courtesy of Associated Press that reads like a US state department communique.
An actual revolt won’t get wall to wall news media coverage praising the brave protestors and nonstop Reddit memes.
Whatever happened to the whole self determination thing? Oh, it’s just imperialism?