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WHILE THE WORLD NEGOTIATES PEACE, ISRAEL POUNDS LEBANON — AND NOBODY CAN STOP IT
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Moscow turns its journalist who survived an Israeli strike into proof of Israel's deliberate violence in Lebanon
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
Moscow transforms Israeli strikes in Lebanon into proof of Western duplicity. RT features testimony from its correspondent Steve Sweeney, a missile strike survivor in Lebanon, backed by Tucker Carlson calling the attack 'deliberate' — a framing that turns a Russian journalist into a victim of Israeli violence, maximizing emotional impact. The second article cites Iranian analyst Marandi to claim Netanyahu 'aims to reignite the war' and that the ceasefire is fragile. Russian coverage performs its habitual inversion: Israel is the peace disruptor, not Iran or Hezbollah. Tucker Carlson — an American conservative figure — endorsing this narrative gives RT unexpected credibility with English-speaking audiences.
Instrumentalization of a journalist as a narrative weapon
Systematic inversion: Israel aggressor, Hezbollah absent
Using Tucker Carlson to legitimize the narrative for American audiences
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