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Monday, January 24, 2005
BBC: Iranian mouthpiece
A little while back, when Seymour Hersh penned a piece in the New Yorker about US Special Forces preparing for a full-scale invasion of Iran (a claim that is dubious at best), the BBC was happy to feature the headline on it's front page for nearly a whole week. It could still be found there even after the Pentagon's rejection of the claim ( a story that was not featured nearly as prominently, buried in the "Americas" section of the website). It's part of a pattern of stick-it-to-'em sensationalism at the expense of US foreign policy over at the Beeb. That's why I wasn't at all surprised by what I found today.
Look at this headline, found under "Other Top Stories":
US 'terminates' Iranian website
Now look at the first sentence of the accompanying story:
Iran has accused the US government of ordering an American internet service provider to stop hosting the website of an official Iranian news agency.
The emphasis is, of course, added. The claim is made by "a senior official in the Iranian ministry of Islamic guidance, which handles the media", and it goes without saying that no evidence is given to support his claim of US government interference.
So, can you square the two? Reciting Iranian government propaganda as gospel - that could be a new low.
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