Three years ago, mainstream media outlets circled the wagons around Netflix for the film “Cuties,” about a dance troupe of pre-adolescent girls who performed highly sexualized routines. The New Yorker accused critics of being part of “a right-wing campaign.”

Now, the film “Sound of Freedom” depicts real-life events in combating actual child trafficking—and the elite media is attacking the film, primarily because conservatives have promoted it. CNN, the Guardian and others accused the film of playing up to QAnon conspiracists—despite that almost all of the film takes place outside the US and is based on actual events.

Child sex trafficking is real and it is growing, both outside and inside the US, as the Department of Justice declared two months ago. “Sound of Freedom” is a powerful, well-made film that shines a bright light on this scourge. One has to wonder why American media have rushed to block the light, especially after cheering the sexual exploitation of pre-adolescents three years ago.