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NPR Whitewashes Iran In Weekend Tourism Segment
Breitbart.com ^ | October 12, 2014 | Joel Pollack

Posted on 10/12/2014 2:48:56 PM PDT by OddLane

On the October 12 broadcast of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, host Ari Shapiro discussed Iran's appeal as a tourist destination with Iranian-born, U.K.-based writer Kamin Mohammadi. While Mohammadi is no regime puppet--she was vocal in her opposition to the 2009 crackdown--her Twitter feed is lately full of anti-Israel rhetoric and government retweets, and she did her best to put an absurdly positive spin on Iran for NPR.

Mohammadi praises Iran's history, beauty, and culture, pointing out that parts of the country are quite modern, and that those coexist with artifacts of ancient civilizations. All true--and irrelevant to the question of whether Americans might, in fact, be able to travel to the country safely. Eventually Shapiro poses a tough challenge to his guest:

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TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: bombbombbombbombiran; iran; islam; lebanon; npr

1 posted on 10/12/2014 2:48:56 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane

who would be stupid enough to go ANYWHERE near that area of the world right now?


2 posted on 10/12/2014 2:52:20 PM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: OddLane

NPR is the propaganda wing of the DNC.


3 posted on 10/12/2014 2:54:51 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Mr. K

Who would want to go to ANY Muslim country, much less Iran?


4 posted on 10/12/2014 2:55:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Mr. K

I think Expedia is putting together a tour package, 3 days in Gaza, 3 in Iran with a final 3 in Guinea.


5 posted on 10/12/2014 2:57:40 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: OddLane

“her Twitter feed is lately full of anti-Israel rhetoric and government retweets, “

That’s all anyone needs to read


6 posted on 10/12/2014 3:12:05 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: OddLane

Nazi Germany would have been fun to visit right before WW2, also!


7 posted on 10/12/2014 3:21:14 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: samtheman

geez you would think they would top it off with a grand ebola party in liberia!


8 posted on 10/12/2014 3:44:50 PM PDT by Mr. K (Palin/Cruz 2016)
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To: OddLane

It rankles me to no end that I am forced to fund NPR, under penalty of arrest (IRS), to run idiotic PR campaigns for the Ayatollah’s tourism initiative.


9 posted on 10/12/2014 3:49:01 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: OddLane
Gays should be tortured and hanged, says Iranian minister meeting British MPs

The Iranians practice what they preach:

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&q=gay+hanging+iran

From the link:

Being gay - first of all, in Iran as a foreigner, I think you're going to be left alone as long as you respect the laws on the outside. So women, if they can cover the hair and cover their - you know, you respect the dress laws and the sort of behavior laws, which are just logical things really, you know. There's no problems. The fact is that everything exists in Iran as it does here. It's just that the way that we have to approach things there are slightly different.

Slightly different?

10 posted on 10/12/2014 5:11:41 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: OddLane

NPR is Commie, Muslim-sympathizing Christian-hating subsidized cesspool.


11 posted on 10/12/2014 9:16:51 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Gosh, how surprising. The Age of Aquarius the Water Bearer continues.


12 posted on 10/15/2014 9:03:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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