Screencap from version of Norwuz message intended for viewing in Iran.
Posted on 03/20/2009 6:58:22 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Is President Obama ashamed to display the American flag to Iranians?
Watching TV clips of Pres. Obama’s special message to Iran on the occasion of Nowruz, a holiday that celebrates the first day of spring and the New Year in many countries, I was struck by how tight the frame was cropped. My antennae went up. I found the official White House website for the message, and saw that there were . . . various versions of the message.
In the main, generic version, an American flag is plainly visible in the background [see screencap below the break]. But below that there are links to other versions, including “.mp4 with Persian subtitles.” Persian is of course the language of Iran, so that is the version the White House wanted to be seen there.
Click on it and you’ll see that—poof!—the American flag has disappeared from the background [see screencap above the break]. So that’s why the image was cropped so tight. At times, the prez’s American flag lapel pin can be seen, but during most of the message the cropping is so tight that even that small American symbol is invisible.
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Screencap from version of Norwuz message intended for viewing in Iran.
Obama ashamed to display Old Glory to Iranians ping to Today show list.
You can see the shadow of the teleprompter.
Is President Obama ashamed to display the American flag to Iranians?
Do bears shit in the woods?....
TOTUS
Well, isn’t that just classy diplomacy? /s What a moron.
What a little weasel puke he is!
Idiot. He thinks by his Messiahship message he can stop Iran from developing their nukes.
Obama, in earlier days of this country you would be shot for treason.
Bass turd...
Check this out Mark.
I think they do it in the open, then kick it into the woods.
like the media is allowing obama to do.
Well, gosh - we wouldn’t want to o-ffend anyone, now would we?
Of course he is. Good catch for noticing that. Just what we need, a president who hates and is ashamed of the country he was elected to protect and lead. It’s gonna be a rocky 4 years.
This sounds pretty far-fetched. Why would he be ashamed? It’s not like no one knows he’s the President of the United States.
If by that you mean Persian = Farsi, well, OK. But why not say Farsi? Persian is far more generic, though -- it is more a language-group (like Athabaskan) than a single language.
Please go to the original article which provides links to the official White House website. You’ll see that they created two separate versions of message, cropping the frame in the Persian subtitle version intended for viewing in Iran so as to hide the flag. It is not the screencap that has been cropped but the original video image.
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