The mainstream media was complicit in arguing for the Iraq War, which resulted in the deaths of nearly a million people and is still ongoing in the form of the Syrian Civil War.
Are you for shutting down the New York Times, then? The violence they’ve facilitated dwarfs that of the recent events.
Edit: in case you doubt me, here’s a pretty damning article:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/iraq...