11-06-2010, 07:44 AM
Paul Rigby Wrote:Great spot: can't wait for Index on Censorship to take up the case of Afghan viewers and their denial of choice. Fancy a piece of mischief? Should we file a request for them to look into this?Not really a geat spot. I just happened to catch it on Channel 4 News and was fascinated by the mixture of credulity and demonising venom that characterised the whole piece. Jon Snow was the presenter and, whilst I hold no brief for him, he does occasionally make life very uncomfortable for those pushing official garbage - which made this hatchet job all the more fascinating.
This time, the Iranian government was clearly the designated axis of pure evil. It wasn't a government you see - pace the BBC - it was a 'Regime'. I feel uncomfortable appearing to defend a theocratic government and I have little doubt Mr Bahari was indeed made to feel very uncomfortable. It's the grossness of the double standards that really piss me off. Compare and contrast for example the BBC and C4 et al on their coverage of Operation Cast lead and the Gaza flotilla, not to mention our own governments collusion in torture, British troops behaving like sadistic torturing animals etc etc. Those seen as 'our' boys or 'on 'our side' or simply a designated ally, are given all the slack necessary to ensure that, if there is any blame going it is always assigned to 'the odd rotten apple' - always of junior rank naturally - or similar anodyne pap - and the rotten-to-the-core ship of state just sails on regardless.
Anyway - I had a quick look on the C4 web site and found that piece.
The latest from Media Lens is worth a look too. It contrasts the UK media handling of the Flotilla with the capture of those British sailors a while back by that wicked evil Iranian Regime.
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
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"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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