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Western Media Propaganda - From Gaza to Iran

Friday, 26 June 2009 8:57 A GMT+01

The world, as defined by western media, ignored the massacre 1,400 Gazans and that Israel inflicted collective punishment on a civilian population. The West feigns great concern for the human rights of Iranians, yet threatens a military attack.

Imperialist Intervention in Iran

Thursday, 25 June 2009 8:49 A GMT+01

Some liberal and progressive forces, as well as some that claim to be leftists, have echoed the US imperialist establishment, expressing full support for the demonstrators. Some have even declared the start of a new revolution in Iran.

US Media's Propaganda Wars - From Venezuela to Iran

Thursday, 25 June 2009 8:46 A GMT+01

There is not even a semblance of objectivity in the media coverage, which parrots the charges of the opposition headed by defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi as fact and dismisses the government’s claims as lies.

Iran: America's Propaganda & Disinformation Campaign

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 9:14 A GMT+01

The Mousavi protests set up Iran either for a US puppet government or for a military strike. The mullahs are in a lose-lose situation. Even if the protests peter out, the legitimacy of the government has been damaged by the west's dirty tricks.

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Iran: Progressive Media Lost the Plot

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 8:59 A GMT+01

How did the progressive media get it so wrong about Iran? Their stance was indistinguishable from mass-media pro-Mousavi propaganda. We analyze in detail the response of The Nation, the self-styled voice of progressive politics.

CNN: Crass Propaganda Coverage of Iran

Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:52 A GMT+01

The question is: If an American or British newspaper or TV network's agenda begins to eerily resemble that of the CIA or MI6 [the Am-Brit enterprise], does this mean that these custodians of media independence are actually government mouthpieces?

Twitter Manipulated for #iranelection Propaganda

Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:51 A GMT+01

Post the Iran election Twitter has been manipulated a critical propaganda tool. Twitter has become its own echo-chamber, with a ratio of posts-to-reposts as great as 1-to-20. This is five times as great as prior viral memes on Twitter.

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Iran: America Orchestrates "Green Revolution"

Tuesday, 23 June 2009 8:44 A GMT+01

As in the previous “color revolutions” that tirelessly capture the romantic imagination of US journalists, elites, and the propagandized population, the warm embrace of the US empire is firmly guiding the “spontaneous” Iranian uprising.

Iranian 'Revolution' - US Mass Media Fuck Us Up

Monday, 22 June 2009 9:35 A GMT+01

After being victims of multiple false and media propaganda campaigns one would think that we would be able to read between the lines when our mainstream media sources act in lockstep with one another in marketing the agenda du jour.

Iran: Another CIA Concocted "Color Revolution"

Monday, 22 June 2009 9:35 A GMT+01

The claim is made that Ahmadinejad stole the election because the outcome was declared too soon after the polls closed for all the votes to have been counted. However, Mousavi declared his victory several hours before the polls closed.

Iran: Western Media Use Blatant Propaganda to Force Coup

Monday, 22 June 2009 9:34 A GMT+01

Most Western opinionators and reporters based in Tehran extrapolated their projections from their observations in the capital – few venture into the provinces, small and medium size cities and villages where Ahmadinejad has his mass base of support.

Iran: All-Powerful Rafsanjani & The "Gucci Revolution"

Monday, 22 June 2009 9:33 A GMT+01

For those who do not know Iran better, suffice to say that the Rafsanjani family clan owns vast financial empires in Iran, including foreign trade, vast landholdings and the largest network of private universities in Iran.

Iran & the Western Media Herd Instinct

Friday, 19 June 2009 9:12 A GMT+01

The media are up in arms about Iran?s election and the Khamenei regime?s alleged perversion of the democratic process. I employ the word ?alleged? here, in contrast to the dogmatic certainty expressed by American journalists.

Iran: Gung-Ho for 'Democracy' [Straight from the CIA Playbook]

Thursday, 18 June 2009 8:47 A GMT+01

The attempt to discredit the elections and cause instability in Iran look very much like a scheme we've seen before - directly out of the CIA playbook. We've seen this pattern in so many elections in Venezuela, for example.

Iran: Don't Be Hoodwinked by the "Color Revolution"

Thursday, 18 June 2009 8:44 A GMT+01

Mousavi was backed by those layers of the clerical and political establishment, such as former presidents Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, who have been bitterly critical of Ahmadinejad’s “wasteful” handouts to the poor.

Iran: Young Privileged People Want to Ape Western Culture

Thursday, 18 June 2009 8:42 A GMT+01

The power of western cultural propaganda never ceases to amaze me. Most of the people protesting on the streets in Tehran have well-off Mummies and Daddies who provide satellite dishes and internet connections for their spoiled children.

US State Dept. Manipulates Twitter in Anti-Iran Propaganda War

Thursday, 18 June 2009 8:38 A GMT+01

A senior official has confirmed that the State Department asked Twitter to delay a schedule maintenance shutdown and keep the social networking site running over the past weekend, when it was slated to be offline.

Iran: America's "Black Ops" War Against Ahmadinejad

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 9:23 A GMT+01

There never was a significant ideological difference between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir Hossein Mousavi. Only a tonal one. But the Los Angeles Times was content to blare this headline: "Iranians ready to decide presidency -- and maybe much more."

Why The US Wants to Destabilize Iran

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 9:17 A GMT+01

The U.S. “superpower” has never forgiven the Iranian Islamic ayatollahs for the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970s, which overthrew the U.S. puppet government and held hostage U.S. embassy personnel, regarded as “a den of spies.”

Is Israeli Intel Behind Twitter #iranelection?

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 9:12 A GMT+01

Were the tweeters Iranian or the works of a propaganda machine? I decided to investigate the origins of the information. In doing so, I narrowed it down to a handful of people who have accounted for 30,000 Iran related tweets in the past few days.

The West Foments a Bourgeois Revolution in Iran

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 9:22 A GMT+01

While the media had cast younger Iranians using the Internet as the heart of the anticipated “reform” surge—NBC News called the protests an “Internet uprising”—the poll showed that “only a third of Iranians even have access to the Internet.”

Western Media Jump for Propaganda Joy over Dissent in Iran

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 8:55 A GMT+01

The coverage by the NYT typifies the propaganda techniques used by the US media towards Iran. It abandoned any pretense of objectivity. It called the election a fraud, embracing the allegations by Mousavi wholeheartedly and uncritically.

Lebanon: Election Lies from Western Media

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 8:52 A GMT+01

Some western media, led by the New York Times and cable news outlets, went even further, suggesting that the Cairo address by President Barack Obama was what made the difference, tilting the elections in favor of the pro-Western governing coalition.

Iran: Class War [Western Propaganda Pumps It Up]

Monday, 15 June 2009 11:00 A GMT+01

A group of shabbily dressed young working-class Ahmadinejad supporters were heckled by privileged teenagers with gelled hair and green T-shirts, who yelled, "Go back to the zoo!" The retort from their working-class counterparts: "Sissies!"

Obama Participates in Holocaust Propaganda Photo Op

Monday, 8 June 2009 9:15 A GMT+01

Obama didn't visit Gaza City or Beirut where he might have helped heal the very recent wartime wounds. Instead he went to Buchenwald, a death camp from the Nazi era, for photo ops at one of the mighty symbols of a depraved Holocaust industry.

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