Posted on 12/31/2017 5:54:27 PM PST by Kaslin
The anti-government protests targeting government and religious leaders sweeping across Iran took a bloody turn Sunday as overnight reports surfaces of two protestors being killed at the hands of the corrupt government. Disgustingly, the deaths didn’t trigger much air on the three major American networks. ABC’s Good Morning America had a blackout of the deaths and protests all together while NBC only found 24 seconds for them. CBS finally discovered the protests, as they continued into their fourth day, dedicating a meager 16 seconds.
Instead of allowing serious time for the brutal murders of Iranian civilians and the protests, whose marchers have been chanting “Death to Rouhani” and “We don’t want an Islamic republic,” NBC’s Sunday Today ran a four minute and 37 seconds long highlight reel of the media slamming and smearing President Trump from this past year.
Fill-in host Hallie Jackson’s news brief on the protests was pitiful and made it seem as though they were isolated to the country's capital city:
A semi-official news agency in Iran is reporting that two people have been killed in overnight protests there. These are the first deaths being attributed to the demonstrations which started Thursday. Thousands of people took to the streets of Teheran Saturday. Protesting the country's stagnant economy, alleged corruption and their government's involvement in conflicts in the region. President Trump on Twitter says the world is watching what happens there.
The ridiculousness of Jackson’s brief could only be outdone by what could arguably be called a terrible joke by Jane Pauley on CBS News Sunday Morning. “Thousands of protesters have taken to streets in cities across Iran. At least two people were killed after some protests turned violent. It's the biggest display of dissent since pro-reform rallies in 2009,” was all Pauley had to say after CBS had ignored the protests for three days.
Iran Starts Killing Protesters, ABC Ignores While CBS and NBC Downplay
These “reports,” or lack thereof, from the major networks, were an absolute mess and did a tremendous disservice to the people literally putting their life on the line in Iran to protest their government. They made the deaths sound almost accidental when the Iranian government meant to kill them. What they failed to mention was the Iranian government’s warning that protesters would “pay the price” for standing up and speaking out.
What else are the networks hiding from their viewers? The Iranian government had shut down parts of the internet, particularly social media sites, to curb the organization of dissenters. During the uprising in Doroud city, Iranian citizens stormed the local governor’s office and set it ablaze. There, local security forces fired their weapons at them and hit five people. And all across the country protestors are tearing down images of Ayatollah Khamany.
And while all of the liberal networks previously fawned over an image from a Black Lives Matter protest showing a girl in a sundress being arrested by officers in full riot gear as some sort of profound statement, they callously omitted the viral video of an Iranian girl who took off her hijab in protest of the treatment of women in Iran to wave it like a white flag.
The big three networks have a very disturbing history in backing Iran over the United States. They almost never report when the Iranian Revolutionary Guard harasses our navy at sea and the ignored the sentencing of an American citizen there on trumped-up charges. When President Trump issued new sanctions on Iran, CBS sympathized with the rogue regime. NBC recently sat down with President Hassan Rouhani, the man many Iranians are now calling for the death of, and bemoaned the Trump’s rhetoric with him. NBC also suggested Iran wasn’t really a threat to the region and it was only a ploy by Trump.
Transcripts below:
NBC
Sunday Today
December 31, 2017
8:12:15 AM Eastern
HALLIE JACKSON: A semi-official news agency in Iran is reporting that two people have been killed in overnight protests there. These are the first deaths being attributed to the demonstrations which started Thursday. Thousands of people took to the streets of Teheran Saturday. Protesting the country's stagnant economy, alleged corruption and their government's involvement in conflicts in the region. President Trump on Twitter says the world is watching what happens there.
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CBS News Sunday Morning
December 31, 2017
9:04:45 AM Eastern
JANE PAULEY: Thousands of protesters have taken to streets in cities across Iran. At least two people were killed after some protests turned violent. It's the biggest display of dissent since pro-reform rallies in 2009.
When this happened in 2009, Obama took the side of the mullahs who were ordering the killings. What chance did the protesters have then, with even the United States against them?
lost of new stuff the past few hours via twitter....no new info from MSM though
more protests and clashes....more dead...some police/military stations attacked and burning ...anti-riot vehicles set on fire.....
https://twitter.com/mrmahmoudi44911
Why do the protesters not know they will be killed?
Go, you people of Iran!!!!
Our mainstream media is obviously an enemy of freedom. They are truly evil.
Killing the so-called “net neutrality” prevents the .gov from stifling free speech.
The media would prefer the mullahs to succeed rather than admit that Obama was wrong or acknowledge that Trump’s policies far better advance the well being and security of the American people. They will not deviate from the left narrative that the election of Trump was an aberration and he must be resisted and pilloried on a constant basis. Iranians protesting against Obama’s partner goes against the narrative and they will get no coverage or support from the media.
Your chickens -> roost meme?
Dead protesters don’t matter to the Democrats unless they are Democrats or their deaths can be used to prop up Democrat causes.
Trump can start by saying he’s no Obama. Then see what happens. The Saudis are ready to go but i wouldn’t trust them. The jooz?
And yet some still think this is hyperbole .. sigh
https://twitter.com/gobadi/status/947537143529910272
Several cars of para-military Basij were put on fire by protesters in Shahinshar- Isfahan (central Iran) on Dec 31- 2017
Obama’s friends.
Iran << Obama’s idea of a government you can trust.
Israel << Not so much...
General rule of thumb, a totalitarian regime will report no more than 1/10 the people they murder.
If they report 2 fatalities, there are at least 20.
CNN covered up torture, abuse, and murder under Saddam Hussein’s regime to maintain their Baghdad bureau.
These news agencies don’t have a problem cuddling up to oppressive foreign regimes (but they are openly hostile to conservative office holders in America).
What? You mean they couldn’t figure out a way to blame Trump for this. They must be slipping at the big 3.
They know they might be killed. They’re brave enough to risk being killed in the hope of freedom. Better to die standing up than to wimper on your knees.
The protesters also believe they have a powerful friend. His name is President Trump.
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