ICC War Criminal Gets McDonald's Interview While Real Journalists Get Silenced

Netanyahu's propaganda tour with ignorant influencers reveals exactly how the system works—and why I need your support.

Benjamin Netanyahu sat down with the Nelk Boys this week for an hour-long interview that should make every thinking person sick. While hundreds of thousands of women and children suffer from severe malnutrition in Gaza, the man orchestrating their starvation got asked about his favorite McDonald's order.

The hosts, Kyle Forgeard and Aaron Steinberg, have 8.5 million YouTube subscribers and reach millions of young Americans every week. When they got the chance to interview someone with an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for war crimes, they used it to discuss burger preferences and let Netanyahu spread unchallenged propaganda about what Amnesty International has labeled a genocide.

Forgeard admitted during the interview: "I see so much stuff about what's going on in Israel and Iran and Palestine, and to be honest, I just really don't know what is going on there." Steinberg said he was hoping to "get educated" by interviewing Netanyahu.

Why Netanyahu Chose These Specific Hosts

Netanyahu's team specifically selected the Nelk Boys because they knew they would get zero pushback on their lies. They knew choosing them would allow him to avoid tough questions about thousands of dead Palestinians, follow-ups about war crimes, or fact-checking of obvious propaganda.

Netanyahu spent the hour claiming that civilian casualties are Hamas's fault, that everyone in Gaza wants to leave but Hamas won't let them, and that Hamas is responsible for the starvation campaign. The hosts nodded along without challenging a single claim, even when Netanyahu said it was "nonsensical" for women and gay people to support Gaza because "it's like chickens for KFC."

The most pushback Netanyahu received was when he said he preferred Burger King over McDonald's. "That's your worst take, I think," Steinberg joked in response.

The Media System Rewards Ignorance

The Nelk Boys interview reveals exactly how modern propaganda works. Platforms deliberately elevate ignorant voices because ignorance is profitable and safe. Controversy drives engagement, but only the kind that doesn't threaten actual power structures.

Meanwhile, creators like me who actually study these issues, provide historical context, and fact-check claims in real time get shadowbanned, mass-reported, and shut out of major platforms. I've had videos removed for sharing documented historical facts about colonialism while war criminals get prime-time slots to rehabilitate their image.

The Nelk Boys lost over 100,000 subscribers within 24 hours of posting the interview. Even their own fans could see through the propaganda, but the damage was already done. Netanyahu got his message to millions of young Americans without facing a single challenging question.

Why Independent Media Matters More Than Ever

This is exactly why I need your support to keep doing this work. Over 28,000 people subscribe to this newsletter, but less than 4% are paid supporters.

If just 5% of you became paid subscribers, I could bring on Palestinian journalists, Middle East experts, and historians who actually understand these conflicts. If 10% signed up, I could go full-time exposing propaganda operations like this one and giving you the real story behind the headlines.

The system is designed to elevate ignorance and silence truth-telling. I'm fighting back against that every day, but I can't do it without your help. All it takes is the price of a coffee once a month to support independent journalism that actually challenges power instead of serving it.

We can't let this be how history gets written. Every day that passes without real accountability, more people die and more lies get normalized. The media system that enabled this interview is the same one trying to silence voices like mine that provide actual context and challenge official narratives.

Will you support independent journalism that fights back against propaganda? The future of truthful reporting depends on it.