Future wars will not be televised. They’ll be on Facebook Live with emojis.

The future of war and news for that matter is here, and it won’t be televised — it’ll be on social media.

A major world event occurred on Monday; Kurdish forces invaded the ISIS-held city of Mosul in Northern Iraq and live streamed it on social media. The city fell to the Islamic State back in 2014 and has been their longest stronghold, but no major American news organization picked it up.

Facebook Live was another story. Bloomberg News reported that nearly a million people tuned into Al Jazeera’s social media account to watch the battle in real time.

Where was the American media during this time? Talking about videotapes and allegations from decades ago as they have been for the past two weeks.

Showing ISIS in defeat is a significant victory in the war against terror. For too long now, terrorists have dominated the internet with scarce live footage showing them losing ground.