Back on February 22 — before Trump started a catastrophically stupid war in Iran — Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Beeb that Vladimir Putin had already started World War III, to which Beeb interviewer Jeremy Bowen tried unsuccessfully to get Zelenskyy to agree that handing over Donetsk would be a reasonable concession for peace.
Putin, Zelensky told me, has already started World War Three, and the on...
The article demonstrates several manipulation patterns typical of news reporting. It employs emotional exploitation by highlighting provocative events such as the assassination of a nuclear scientist and potential military conflict between major powers. There is also distortion in the form of semantic manipulation, as the article presents President Trump's easing of sanctions on Iranian oil as a reward for killing American soldiers, which could be interpreted as a morally questionable decision. ...