[Marxism] The Electronic Intifada - The Western Media and Iran

[Dennis Brasky <dmozart1756@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> THE WESTERN MEDIA AND IRAN
> By Matthew Cassel, The Electronic Intifada, 23 June 2009
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> One would think that the role of the media is to cover
> issues like conflict or rights abuses as they happen
> around the world. Although, it seems this isn't the case.
> Most Western media appear to follow their government's
> lead when focusing on different issues and then cover them
> in a way fitting with the government's position, hence the
> complete domination of events in Iran in nearly every
> single Western media outlet and the overwhelmingly
> positive portrayal of the protestors and the opposition as
> just. Matthew Cassel comments for The Electronic Intifada.
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> http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10616.shtml
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> "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."- *Voltaire*
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