Burying the Antiwar Message

 Antiwar.com and The American Conservative are websites that provide alternative perspectives on current events and foreign policy. Writers on these websites have strong anti war beliefs, which are not common in the mainstream media. I think the reason websites such as antiwar.com and The American Conservative are pushing out this anti-war narrative and major news sources are not is due to multiple factors.  

My first assumption is that major news sources such as Fox and CNN have biases and agendas towards certain narratives that do not align with their core ways of distribution of information. Antiwar voices are not as effective as the distribution of news surrounding war and what is going on with foreign affairs that attract a larger audience. News outlets tend to focus on news that their audience is interested in. Fox news leans more conservative because of their audience, and CNN more liberal. 

Big news outlets also have connections with government entities. These government entities are almost never antiwar, therefore they will not be advocating for the protest or the coverage of anti war dialogue. The government also might not want to push out information advocating against war, when they are involved in the progression of it.  The last time antiwar was covered in the mainstream media and covered by news outlets was in the 1960s. Antiwar protests were a major part of this era's identity and activation of the “hippie” movement that is forever iconic. 

Another reason for the possible lack of antiwar coverage is that when bad things are going on in the world, they are more likely to be covered on air by big news outlets than people discussing why war is bad. I feel as though there should be specific segments and portions of the news dedicated to these different kinds of perspectives on war to give the audience more educated information.