https://twitter.com/ablrchi/status/1003476719947395072
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/252332/why-cant-the-american-media-cover-the-protests-in-iran
Americans are quickly becoming the stupidest people on the earth..
“A gem by Lee Smith (.@LeeSmithDC). Highly recommended.
TABLET: Why Can’t the American Media Cover the Protests in #Iran?
Because they have lost the ability to cover real news when it happens
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/252332/why-cant-the-american-media-cover-the-protests-in-iran …”
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Thanks for the report.
That first link (excellent) Why doesn’t the US cover the Iran Protests?
That second link expands on that.
“...Ordinary people are taking their lives in their hands to voice their outrage at the crimes of an obscurantist regime that has repressed them since 1979, and which attacks and shoots them dead in the streets. So why aren’t the protests in Iran making headlines?”
“The short answer is that the American media is incapable of covering the story, because its resources and available story-lines for Iran reporting and expertise were shaped by two powerful official forces—the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Obama White House. Without government minders providing them with story-lines and experts, American reporters are simply lost—and it shows.”
“It nearly goes without saying that only regime-friendly Western journalists are allowed to report from Iran, which is an authoritarian police state that routinely tortures and murders its political foes. The arrest and nearly two-year detention of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian drove this point home to American newsrooms and editors who might not have been paying attention. The fact that Rezaian was not an entirely hostile voice who showed “the human side” of the country only made the regime’s message more terrifying and effective: We can find you guilty of anything at any time, so watch your step...”.
So WHY DOESNT THE US MEDIA COVER THE IRANIAN PROTESTS?
“Asked and answered.” The US media has lost the capacity to cover news...... that is why visionaries such as JimRob and others in the internet universe have and are stepping into the breech.
If I’m not mistaken there is a fund drive taking place which I need to donate to in order to keep the lights on here!