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Africa-Press – Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>mber 16\/2021\/ENA\/ The Western media have fallen in lockstep behind the narrative being pushed by the State Department, the US government and the Western governments in general and some organizations on their reporting, particularly about Ethiopia, Washington DC based Sputnik correspondent Wyatt Reed said.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with ENA, Reed said the Western mainstream media like CNN, Fox News, BBC, CBS News, Washington Post, New York Times, Reuters, and Associated Press that are supposed to resort to standards of journalism have all fallen in lockstep behind the narratives being pushed by the Western governments, including USA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you turn on the TV here in the US or read any newspaper, it\u2019s impossible to escape this media narrative. It\u2019s really a 360 degree full media blockade against Ethiopia in favor of the so-called TPLF,\u201d the journalist added.<\/p>\n

According to him, TV stations or newspapers just bombarded the viewer or reader with pro-TPLF propaganda and anti-Ethiopia propaganda meant to confuse receivers and make them think that there is some sort of very complicated situation going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you turn on TV or read the newspaper you\u2019re just bombarded with pro-TPLF propaganda and with anti-Ethiopia propaganda. All this news coverage is meant to confuse readers and make them think that there\u2019s some sort of very complicated situation going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

He revealed that \u201cwe can\u2019t possibly understand it. But \u2018the US should step in and try to make things right\u2019, that\u2019s kind of narrative that\u2019s being pushed.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

So it is not surprising to see these. Yet it is still remarkable when one reads about the war that was obviously initiated by the TPLF in a surprise attack in the north, Reed elaborated.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the Ethiopian military response came as a reaction to the sneak attack by the TPLF force, but you never really read that in the mainstream media narratives all the way back to the very beginnings of the conflict.<\/p>\n

The journalist further stated that this is a very deliberate attempt to twist the facts and to insert fake narratives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very deliberate attempt to twist the facts and to insert fake narrative; a fake news narrative where it fits the interests of the sort of elites the ruling class of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

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