Why Is The U.S. Media Ignoring Major Anti-US Military Protests In South Korea?

Responsible Statecraft: US media ignored major anti-US military protest in South Korea 

Fake news about Kim Jong-Un gets wall-to-wall coverage but citizens of a key ally opposing a joint military exercise goes largely unnoticed.

In America these days, almost any information about North Korea, be it rumor, fake news, or just plain silly, becomes fodder for the mainstream media. From TMZ to The Guardian, reporters know there is an insatiable appetite for anything that puts Kim and his regime in a bad or crazy light. 

But when it comes to South Korea, which hosts 28,500 American ground troops and the Pentagon’s largest military base outside of North America, U.S. media coverage is, shall we say, highly selective. That was made resoundingly clear on August 14, when Seoul was the scene for the largest public demonstration in decades against the U.S. military presence in South Korea. 

Amazingly, not a word about the protest appeared in the U.S. media.  

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WNU Editor: The Western media prefers to focus on stories like this one .... US, South Korea launch largest military drills in years amid tensions with North (The Hill).