Sirvent and Haiphong detail just what Captain America’s shield tells us about the pretensions of U.S. is a force for good in the world, regardless of slavery, the genocide of indigenous people, and the more than a century’s worth of imperialist war that the U.S. really “save the world” in World War II? Should black athletes stop protesting and show more gratitude for what America has done for them? Are wars fought to spread freedom and democracy? Or is this all fake news?Īmerican Exceptionalism and American Innocence examines the stories we’re told that lead us to think that the U.S. And, as this book will hopefully show, it’s all fake.ĭid the U.S. empire is the news of American exceptionalism and American innocence. Thus, the only “news” ever reported by various channels of U.S. empire.”-From American Exceptionalism and American InnocenceĪccording to Robert Sirvent and Danny Haiphong, Americans have been exposed to fake news throughout our history-news that slavery is a thing of the past, that we don’t live on stolen land, that wars are fought to spread freedom and democracy, that a rising tide lifts all boats, that prisons keep us safe, and that the police serve and protect. What is ironic is that fake news has indeed been the only news disseminated by the rulers of U.S.
“Fake news existed long before Donald Trump….
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