Non-persons Against Ahmadinejad
September 21st, 2006 10:43 AM
If 35,000 people were to show up and rally against a speech President Bush right across the street from him, that would surely be news. Thousands of people, led by a few political figures such as Jesse Jackson, Noam Chomsky, and others protesting a world leader they consider to be a threat should be news if only because of the proximity.Change the scenario to include thousands of demonstrators…
Fear: Why the Media Won't Tell You What Ahmadinejad Said
September 20th, 2006 5:53 PM
A striking bit of journalistic malpractice seems to have affected
the mainstream media web sites this morning, as news site after news
site failed to provide their readers with the transcript of Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speech last night to the United Nations.
As of noon at ABC News, it is as if Ahmadinejad never spoke, as
their was no reference to his address in front of the…
CNN’s John Roberts: 'Some' Fault Bush For 'Increasingly Islamophobic
September 20th, 2006 12:56 PM
On Monday night, CNN’s John Roberts previewed the United Nations appearances of President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a manner that seemed to offer moral equivalence between Bush and the avowed Holocaust denier. Roberts, who filed the September 18 report for "Anderson Cooper 360," was introduced by an announcer tease that set a tone of comparative moral ambiguity:ANNOUNCER…
ABC: At UN, W 'Harsh', Ahmadinejad 'Potent', GMA Flirts With Fauxtogra
September 20th, 2006 10:07 AM
That's Believable
August 26th, 2006 10:14 AM
In this photograph, we're told that Iranian President Ahadmadinejad inists that, "Iran is no threat to Israel."
No threat to Israel? That's a relief. I could've sworn that the Prez didn't like those evil Zionists. In fact, I could've sworn he said,
[E]stablishment of the Zionist regime was a move by the world hegemonic system and arrogant powers against the world of Islam... Ahmadinejad…
Hitchens Gives the Finger to Maher's Audience for 'Frivolous' Jeering
August 26th, 2006 1:13 AM
Writer/author Christopher Hitchens on Friday night gave the finger to the Los Angeles studio audience of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. As he laid out the case for how it's Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who wants World War Three, not George W. Bush, Hitchens cited how Ahmadinejad “says the Messiah is about to come back.” Maher quipped: "So does George Bush, by the way.” That caused a…
Sun-Sentinel Skips the 'D
August 24th, 2006 4:26 PM
The Sun-Sentinel put up an article about how the first nuclear reactor in Tehran "was provided to the Iranians by the United States." U.S. officials point to these activities as evidence Iran is trying to construct nuclear arms, but they do not publicly mention that the work has taken place in a U.S.-supplied facility.The Sentinel is hiding a little something themselves. The part they are…
