{"id":68374,"date":"2026-03-07T07:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/operation-epstein-distraction-trumps-bloody-iran-hype-videos-seem-to-target-niche-audience\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T07:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:57:19","slug":"operation-epstein-distraction-trumps-bloody-iran-hype-videos-seem-to-target-niche-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/operation-epstein-distraction-trumps-bloody-iran-hype-videos-seem-to-target-niche-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Operation Epstein Distraction\u2019: Trump\u2019s bloody Iran \u2018hype videos\u2019 seem to target niche audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>White House wages online propaganda campaign with aggressive and tasteless videos seemingly designed for young rightwing American men <\/p>\n<p>Rap and EDM. Clips from action movies. Heads-up displays from video games.<\/p>\n<p>As the war with Iran approaches its second week, the White House has leaned into an online propaganda campaign that seems less about intimidating Iran or projecting US strength abroad than it is about reaching a rather niche domestic audience: young rightwing American men who spend a lot of time online.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/07\/trump-iran-hype-videos\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House wages online propaganda campaign with aggressive and tasteless videos seemingly designed for young rightwing American men Rap and EDM. Clips from action movies. Heads-up displays from video games. As the war with Iran approaches its second week, the White House has leaned into an online propaganda campaign that seems less about intimidating Iran &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018Operation Epstein Distraction\u2019: Trump\u2019s bloody Iran \u2018hype videos\u2019 seem to target niche audience\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/operation-epstein-distraction-trumps-bloody-iran-hype-videos-seem-to-target-niche-audience\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Operation Epstein Distraction\u2019: Trump\u2019s bloody Iran \u2018hype videos\u2019 seem to target niche audience\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}