Journalism, privilege, and victim narratives
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A lot of people have read Jared Yates Sexton’s tweets about getting death threats after he outed a Reddit user who made a gif about Trump […]
Tag Archives: 2017
Countdown to conflict with YPG, Turkey over Afrin?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In the last week of June 2017 rumors began to spread of increased tensions on the Turkish border with Kurdish-run areas in Afrin. A small province, […]
If we talked about the KKK the way they talk about recent terror in UK
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “There’s only one way to America should should respond to attacks such as the Birmingham Church bombing, that is by carrying on exactly as before.” That […]
20 takeaways from Trump’s Islam speech
1 – Pro-Trump supporters and media love it: FoxNews called it “Strong, tone perfect.” John Bolton said he felt it was an “excellent speech” that reached locals in Riyadh, international community […]
Day 168: Chronicles of the battle for Mosul
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ISIS is being defeated in Iraq. As Mosul falls to the Iraqi security forces after six months of conflict, many pieces are falling into place in […]
86% rise in antisemitism in America? Half of it caused by one Jewish Israeli
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a “massive surge” in antisemitism in America in the first three months of 2017. The incidents are “surge 86% in US at start of […]
Egypt 2017: A photo essay
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Egypt today strikes one as a land of symbols. Graffiti on a wall of a faded cross and crescent in the colors of the Egyptian flag […]
What most media missed in Trump’s inauguration speech
It was a “fiery inaugural address,” FoxNews said of Donald Trump’s short speech at his inauguration on January 20th. Many other major media highlighted Trump’s “America First” comments, labeling the […]
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