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Iran state TV sees at least 2 news anchors quit: 'Forgive me for the 13 years I told you lies'
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| 01/14/2020
| Louis Casiano
Posted on 01/14/2020 7:15:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
At least two Iranian journalists at a state-owned media outlet reportedly resigned from their jobs, with one of them apologizing to viewers for "the 13 years I told you lies."
As Tehran continues to grapple with the fallout from protests stemming from a cover-up of its accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner, TV anchor Gelare Jabbari addressed her viewers on an Instagram post that appears to have been deleted.
It was very hard for me to believe that our people have been killed," the post read, according to The Guardian. "Forgive me that I got to know this late. And forgive me for the 13 years I told you lies.
Two other news anchors at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) thanked their supporters in separate statements.
Thank you for accepting me as anchor until today," said Zahra Khatami. "I will never get back to TV. Forgive me.
Fellow anchor Saba Rad said she was leaving journalism after 21 years.
Thank you for your support in all years of my career," she said. "I announce that after 21 years working in radio and TV, I cannot continue my work in the media. I cannot.
The resignations come as Iranians again took to the streets in anti-government protests Monday. Many are calling for the ouster of government leaders after the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane that Iran initially denied responsibility for. Tehran later walked back its denial and admitted to downing the plane in a misfire during attacks on bases in Iraq where American troops are housed. The attacks followed the killing of Iranian Quds Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. airstrike.
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To: dfwgator
I was just gonna say if only that would happen in this country.
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posted on
01/14/2020 9:47:47 AM PST
by
FLT-bird
To: GOPJ
At least two Iranian journalists at a state-owned media outlet reportedly resigned from their jobs, with one of them apologizing to viewers for "the 13 years I told you lies." There's a good chance those two brave journalist will lose their lives - or the lives of someone they love. Midnight knocks happen in Iran... often the people taken are never seen again. Prayers for these two brave men... may God watch over them..
Partner, it is amazing that this type of Nazi type behavior still exists in this day.
The Gastapo type of atmosphere will end when they completely get rid of the Mullahs ruling in Iran and all the people in Iran can vote a Constitutional government.
The Iranian folks are Persian folks since there great...grandparents were told with a very sharp sword to their necks to accept the Mooselimb religion or else.
The YW do not want to wear that silly Hajib and I am being told that the religious police stay away since they will be beaten up by these YW.
The Mullahs will continue to rule over these folks since nobody wants to get the ruling Mullahs out of power but they are making rumblings right now. We need to support the folks that are protesting the The Mullahs. The time has come to just leave the power in Iran to other folks who want to progress instead of the Mullahs. Somebody in Iran just needs to say that we are in the year 2020 and not 1220.
To: SeekAndFind
Trump should point this out to CNN.
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posted on
01/14/2020 9:52:44 AM PST
by
samtheman
(I hope someone close to Trump is reading FR every day.)
To: dfwgator
If only that can happen here.So Iranian journalists who knowingly lie have more integrity than American journalists.
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posted on
01/14/2020 9:57:01 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: rightwingintelligentsia
If Iran needs replacements for these anchors, there are plenty of US media types who have no problems whatsoever with lying to the public. Well, Peter Jennings fought alongside Mohammed in the 6th century. I'm sure he'd be willing
Peter also says that Mo invented watches...
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posted on
01/14/2020 10:14:36 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
To: SeekAndFind
Just...wow. That takes some real stones, knowing they’re probably going to lose their lives.
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posted on
01/14/2020 10:21:56 AM PST
by
jughandle
(Big words anger me, keep talking.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
But they don’t speak Farsi. Maybe they could like abut it and say “Oooga booga ooop eep,” and see how their viewers like it.
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posted on
01/14/2020 11:04:51 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
To: TheConservativeTejano
“The Iranian folks are Persian folks since there great...grandparents were told with a very sharp sword to their necks to accept the Mooselimb religion or else.”
Lose the rose-colored glasses. They took up Fatimid (Shiite) Islam when it had been eradicated from Egypt by Salladin, and they stuck with it when the Mongols invaded. The latter ultimately converted in significant numbers and intermarried with the locals. Their eradication of the Assassin cult made them very popular. That’s why so many Iranians have oriental eyes. So much for the “Aryan” claim.
Eric Hoffer says in True Believer there is no more zealous and aggressive proselytizer than one whose conversion was coerced. It’s a way of overcompensating for the guilt of changing one’s faith under duress.
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posted on
01/14/2020 11:12:24 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
To: Concentrate
They are like slaves.Fixed that for ya. You're welcome!
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posted on
01/14/2020 11:32:23 AM PST
by
zeugma
(I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
To: dfwgator
[ Iran state TV sees at least 2 news anchors quit: ‘Forgive me for the 13 years I told you lies’ ]
Yes, CNN and MSNBC wouldn’t have any anchors left to do their Fake News.
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posted on
01/14/2020 2:06:52 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
If only Howard Beale was real:
But, man, you’re never going to get any truth from us. We’ll tell you anything you want to hear; we lie like hell. We’ll tell you that, uh, Kojak always gets the killer, or that nobody ever gets cancer at Archie Bunker’s house, and no matter how much trouble the hero is in, don’t worry, just look at your watch; at the end of the hour he’s going to win.
We’ll tell you any s__t you want to hear. We deal in *illusions*, man! None of it is true! But you people sit there, day after day, night after night, all ages, colors, creeds... We’re all you know. You’re beginning to believe the illusions we’re spinning here. You’re beginning to think that the tube is reality, and that your own lives are unreal. You do whatever the tube tells you! You dress like the tube, you eat like the tube, you raise your children like the tube, you even *think* like the tube!
This is mass madness, you maniacs! In God’s name, you people are the real thing! *WE* are the illusion! So turn off your television sets. Turn them off now. Turn them off right now. Turn them off and leave them off! Turn them off right in the middle of the sentence I’m speaking to you now! TURN THEM OFF...”
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posted on
01/14/2020 2:08:54 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/14/2020 3:31:18 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SeekAndFind
Meanwhile the US House of Representatives under Rat leadership refused to support a resolution supporting the Iranian demonstrators.
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posted on
01/14/2020 3:39:35 PM PST
by
Truth29
To: dfwgator
Just watched it for the first time - (that clip)
It sooooooooo foretold the mass media propaganda of this day.
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posted on
01/14/2020 3:41:46 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
That movie is even more relevant today than it was then. Chayefsky was a prophet.
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posted on
01/14/2020 3:44:12 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal; null and void; metmom; Mom MD; WalterSkinner
Apparently so - what with the 24/7 propaganda machine on the boob tube these days
The world and the things of the world will pass into nothingness. That's what TV sells. This world and the things of this world. Yahoo had some idiotic article where you could shop Target for the things picked out by one of the Kardashian / Jenner attention-whores, excuse me, I meant "celebrity" or something like that.
1 John 2:15-17 King James Version (KJV)
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
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posted on
01/14/2020 4:15:15 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
1 John 2:15-17 King James Version (KJV) 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. Wonderful passage of Scripture! I was just discussing this with a friend today.
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posted on
01/14/2020 4:28:48 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: SkyPilot
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posted on
01/14/2020 4:33:27 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: dfwgator
Peter Finch won the Oscar for that but sadly passed away before the ceremony. It would have been cool if he’s repeated that at the Oscars.
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posted on
01/14/2020 4:36:56 PM PST
by
xp38
To: SeekAndFind
See CNN,MSNBC,WaPo,and the NYT ..that’s all your entire staff has to do in order to restore honesty in journalism.
Or, otherwise, just swallow some hot lead.
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posted on
01/14/2020 4:42:30 PM PST
by
Leep
(Everyday is Trump Day!)
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