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The Guardian - US
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Jeremy Barr in Washington

‘You unbelievable coward’: conservative US media in open warfare over Iran

flag among ruins
An Iranian flag is placed among the ruins of a police station struck in Tehran, Iran, on 3 March. Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP

The stars of the conservative media movement have been duking it out – in extremely personal terms – over Donald Trump’s decision to enter the United States into a conflict with Iran.

While it can be hard to cleanly group the warring factions, much of the fighting has centered on disagreements about whether the US is too deferential to Israeli interests. Those arguing that position most prominently include former Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, while conservative media personalities like Mark Levin (a current Fox News host) and Ben Shapiro have strongly supported both the American intervention in Iran and collaboration with Israel.

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