“near total blackout”?
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
It’s on the front page of everything.
Really, please link mainstream media reporting what the students are saying.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/04/us/mississippi-campus-protest-gaza-black-student/index.html
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/may-3-police-arrests-campus-protests-encampments
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/what-are-protestors-charged-with/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68965903
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68908885
https://english.news.cn/northamerica/20240429/2d9c437179754f9c9cab5de59a648eab/c.html
https://english.news.cn/20240428/f8e842c9f2324617939688bdb041d191/c.html
There ya go; a selection of reportings regarding the mass student protests over the Israel/Gaza situation. I tried to include a variety, let me know if this isn’t global/mainstream news enough. I can google some more.
Going out of your way to demonstrate how stupid you are
Going out of your way to be an asshole? Go fuck yourself. Oh, and by the way, here’s some more links because FUCK YOU:
https://journalism.columbia.edu/students-cover-columbia-protests-2024
And those are specifically from the students themselves so sit on a dry cactus and rotate.