[Pen-l] Obama and the Iranian elections

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Last night NBC Dateline devoted an hour to an extraordinary tour of Iran 
by Ann Curry that can be viewed online at 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31156080#31156080.

Wearing a hijab, she spoke to dissidents and supporters of the 
government alike. The most important aspect of the production was its 
willingness to combat stereotypes of Iran, including most importantly 
the idea that it is anti-Semitic or holocaust-denying. She spent a 
considerable amount of time talking to one of Iran’s most important 
Jewish leaders who denied that his people were being persecuted. During 
a fairly lengthy interview, former Iranian President Khatami took pains 
to distinguish this point of view from that of President Ahmadinejad 
whose views on the Judeocide were described as those of a “private 
citizen”. Little doubt was left during the course of this program that 
NBC favored the election of Ahmadinejad’s rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a 
member of Khatami’s party.

full: 
http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/obama-and-the-iranian-elections/
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