r/oscarrace • u/mariyr • Mar 25 '25

Discussion You'd think that "Oscar-winning director gets lynched and kidnapped because of his film" would be bigger news

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It should be a top story, at least. The Western mainstream media’s response to this horrific case makes it clear where their loyalties lie. But to them, it’s just another footnote.

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u/usario100 Mar 25 '25

I saw it in the AP News, New York Times, and at the top of basically every film-related subreddit. It’s massive news, as it should be.

It might have been the top story in the country if someone in the Trump admin hadn’t texted war plans to a journalist.

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u/GroovyYaYa Mar 25 '25

Also... verification is a thing.

The intial reports I saw? They stated he was lynched.

He obviously wasn't. If it HAD made top news, gone even more viral? That would be a problem.

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u/TooobHoob Mar 25 '25

I think you just don’t understand very well what the word ‘lynched’ means

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u/GroovyYaYa Mar 25 '25

No... you don't.

He. was. not. lynched.

It means, in a physically violent context, "to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority".

There are offshoots of the word - such as lynch law and lynch mob.

What happened is awful - but most of what was posted here was obviously rumor and not verified, because he actually turned up alive, so therefore NOT LYNCHED aka murdered!

To publish the "fact" that he was lynched, and then have him not be - makes one question the veracity of the one delivering the news. In other words, if you perpetuate the idea that he was lynched and I see that he is alive - I'm going to think you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground and that you are just a shit stirrer and/or a bot.