So, are you saying that any journalistic “truth” can only count as tokens in some cultural/ideological conflict? That whether or not the content of the video is accurate is less significant than who produced it? It sounds like license to remain ignorant of information which comes from outside one’s ideological bubble.
I think that how media are used to shape public discourse is a topic which goes beyond individual human rights abuses, and addresses how we organize societies themselves. The Euro/Colonial sphere uses the concept of “democracy” as a key selling point - both at home and abroad - for its expanding influence. If that democracy is more than a cynical pretense for imperialism, then we get a say in how our society is organized, and what cost we are willing to pay for those ideals.
Those are classic arguments of 20th century US conservatism against totalitarianism - that stability is not worth having without regards to its cultural and individual cost. But 21st century US conservatism seems to be declaring the US brand of imperialism an exception somehow, with no evidence more compelling than cynical self-interest of a minority of shareholders.
