White House weaponizes memes to sell Iran strikes
TL;DR
The White House released a flood of meme-filled videos that overlay real airstrike footage with clips from movies, video games and anime to frame U.S. strikes on Iran, drawing both support for using meme culture to rally backing and sharp criticism for trivializing war and potentially misleading the public.
- The White House is transforming the Iran strikes into a meme war The Washington Post
- White House releases video promoting ‘justice the American way’ featuring Hollywood characters The Guardian
- Ben Stiller Tells White House to Remove 'Tropic Thunder' Clip Variety
- The Most Surreal Part of Trump’s War Is What He Is Doing Right in America, in Front of Us All Slate
- White House posts so-called 'hype' videos combining real Iran war footage alongside movie, video game clips ABC News
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