Staff Reports
The silence from America’s mainstream media on the violent attacks against white farmers in South Africa is deafening—and disgraceful. While the world watches farmers facing brutal killings and land thefts, the legacy press looks the other way, pretending this horrific persecution doesn’t exist. It’s a glaring exposure of liberal bias and globalist indifference to real suffering when the victims don’t fit their progressive agenda. For once, President Trump stepped up and called out this media cowardice for what it is: a shameful refusal to confront genocide because it doesn’t fit the sanitized narrative that race always has to be weaponized against white people.
This isn’t some tragedy blown out of proportion. Farmers in South Africa—many descended from Afrikaner pioneers—are under literal siege. Land is being seized by the government under the guise of reparations and redistribution, while organized mobs chant chilling slogans calling for the murder of these innocent civilians. Yet, American newspapers and TV stations barely whisper about it. Imagine the uproar if the roles were reversed or if black farmers were targeted on this scale. The media would flood the airwaves and social platforms overnight with accusations of racism and calls for intervention. The selective outrage couldn’t be more obvious.
President Trump’s administration has rightly opened America’s doors to these refugees fleeing government-sanctioned violence and racial discrimination. This is a bold step that underscores a commitment to real human rights—no matter the color of their skin. Contrast this with the Biden administration’s soft-on-tyranny posture globally, where weak-kneed diplomats tiptoe around dictators while genuine victims get ignored or dismissed. Secretary of State Rubio backed this move, spotlighting the harsh reality these farmers face. This should embarrass every “woke” pundit who claims to care about justice anywhere in the world.
Our American press is largely comprised of activists, not journalists nor reliable news reporters!https://t.co/EKhwKo8Qrn
— Daniel F. Baranowski (@DFBHarvard) May 13, 2025
The South African government’s denial of discrimination claims reveals a disturbing pattern of authoritarian cover-up. Countries with strong leftist influences often silence victim testimonies to protect their political narratives. Meanwhile, the West’s liberal elites cheer these regimes from afar, busy pandering to globalist fantasies of redistribution and identity politics. Their disregard for suffering white farmers maps perfectly onto their domestic agenda: tearing down traditional values and rewriting history through a radical lens. It’s why American media won’t touch this story—they fear it challenges their entire worldview.
The truth is uncomfortable: genocide doesn’t stop just because the politically correct won’t say it. This is a crisis that demands courage, not cowardice. If America is to remain a beacon of freedom and justice, it must stand unequivocally for all victims of oppression, regardless of race or geography. Otherwise, we are complicit in letting evil thrive silently. So, when is the media going to grow a backbone and tell the full story? Or will they keep choosing their virtue signaling over the truth?
