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Iran & The Western Media

ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited March 2012 in A Moving Train
Here's something I find interesting. Look at how these various news sources quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/fe ... ont-israel
He said Israel was a "cancerous tumour that should be cut and will be cut".


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... srael.html
He said Israel is a "cancerous tumor that should be cut and will be cut".

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/02/03 ... ng-israel/
He said Israel is a "cancerous tumor that should be cut and will be cut."



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Take note of the position of the quotation marks in all of the above - just a small selection of what the mainstream press in the West reported.
Then take note of what he actually said, without the insertion, mid-sentence, of quotation marks:


“The Zionist regime is a true cancer tumor on this region that should be cut off,” the supreme leader said. “And it definitely will be cut off.”
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    The western media distorts a lot of shit, period.

    But, so does Iran (and not just in the media realm).
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    hedonist wrote:
    The western media distorts a lot of shit, period.

    But, so does Iran (and not just in the media realm).

    Distortion by omission. Same in China. But the desired end result is the same in these countries as it is in the West - misinformation, and ignorance.
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    True - and I hate to say that - but at least we (in the US and I'm assuming in China too) have access to multiple outlets of information, at least one of which holds no bias and just reports as things are, no editorializing or censorship.

    I spent a summer in Tehran in the mid-70s, right before the revolution. On the ridiculously-long flight there, my mom warned me to say not one negative word about the country or their government.

    One afternoon, we took a stroll around my uncle's neighborhood, where we were staying. It was oppressively hot, I was maybe 11, wearing shorts and a tube top. We passed by a construction site, and the workers threw stones at me for, I found out later, my state of (un)dress.

    Despite that one bad experience there having stayed with me all these years, I'm glad I went to my mother country, because I know I'll never go back.

    Overall, the physical environment and the people were beautiful. Full of life - enthusiasm FOR life. It's such a shame a madman is running the show.

    I recall my mother literally kissing the ground after we landed home.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,428
    hedonist wrote:
    True - and I hate to say that - but at least we (in the US and I'm assuming in China too) have access to multiple outlets of information, at least one of which holds no bias and just reports as things are, no editorializing or censorship.

    I spent a summer in Tehran in the mid-70s, right before the revolution. On the ridiculously-long flight there, my mom warned me to say not one negative word about the country or their government.

    One afternoon, we took a stroll around my uncle's neighborhood, where we were staying. It was oppressively hot, I was maybe 11, wearing shorts and a tube top. We passed by a construction site, and the workers threw stones at me for, I found out later, my state of (un)dress.

    Despite that one bad experience there having stayed with me all these years, I'm glad I went to my mother country, because I know I'll never go back.

    Overall, the physical environment and the people were beautiful. Full of life - enthusiasm FOR life. It's such a shame a madman is running the show.

    I recall my mother literally kissing the ground after we landed home.


    Thank you- all we ever hear about some of these places are negative things. It's helpful to get a broader picture.

    Also, regarding our access to multiple outlets of information- we really are fortunate that way and as long as we have that good fortune, we would be wise to utilize it. Reading only "The Progressive" or listening only to Fox news gives us a limited picture of the world (although I would say some single sources are better than others ;) ).
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Absolutely - access it all. Utilize it all. Process it all.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Yeah,
    but even if this is a mis-quote,
    President Ahmadinejad still wants to "wipe Israel off the map" ! ! !

    ;););)
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    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    hedonist wrote:
    True - and I hate to say that - but at least we (in the US and I'm assuming in China too) have access to multiple outlets of information, at least one of which holds no bias and just reports as things are, no editorializing or censorship.

    I spent a summer in Tehran in the mid-70s, right before the revolution. On the ridiculously-long flight there, my mom warned me to say not one negative word about the country or their government.

    One afternoon, we took a stroll around my uncle's neighborhood, where we were staying. It was oppressively hot, I was maybe 11, wearing shorts and a tube top. We passed by a construction site, and the workers threw stones at me for, I found out later, my state of (un)dress.

    Despite that one bad experience there having stayed with me all these years, I'm glad I went to my mother country, because I know I'll never go back.

    Overall, the physical environment and the people were beautiful. Full of life - enthusiasm FOR life. It's such a shame a madman is running the show.

    I recall my mother literally kissing the ground after we landed home.

    Well, a lot of sites are blocked in China, like Facebook & Youtube, but I get around that by using a VPN. And the news here is a total whitewash. I.e, on the 20th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square massacre they didn't even mention it on the news. And the Tibetans setting themselves on fire every day in Western Sichuan province don't get a mention on the news.

    As for Iran, I worked with a white English lad in my office in London who used to go to Iran every year during his holiday time off work. He loved the place.
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Not surprising at all, really, but I don't think Iran has anything to do with it - all of our information through media channels is morphed and censored. If only everybody kept that in mind when hearing or seeing information via the mass media...
    hedonist wrote:
    I spent a summer in Tehran in the mid-70s, right before the revolution. On the ridiculously-long flight there, my mom warned me to say not one negative word about the country or their government.

    One afternoon, we took a stroll around my uncle's neighborhood, where we were staying. It was oppressively hot, I was maybe 11, wearing shorts and a tube top. We passed by a construction site, and the workers threw stones at me for, I found out later, my state of (un)dress.

    Despite that one bad experience there having stayed with me all these years, I'm glad I went to my mother country, because I know I'll never go back.

    Overall, the physical environment and the people were beautiful. Full of life - enthusiasm FOR life. It's such a shame a madman is running the show.

    I recall my mother literally kissing the ground after we landed home.

    This is how we really learn about other countries if we can't visit them, through first-hand testimonials. Thanks for sharing!
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