A recent CNN report on a joint Israeli Palestinian memorial event omitted the crucial fact that one of the eulogized Palestinian casualties was an armed member of a designated terrorist organization killed in a clash with Israeli forces.
CNN should also know, and have reported on, the threat Iranians face for speaking out against the regime. It is also obvious that no journalist in Iran would be safe reporting on these matters for an American outlet, an act the regime equates with treason.
CNN presented a Qatari royal family member with military training and a documented anti-Israel record as an independent Middle East expert without disclosing these key aspects of her background.
To credibly claim his remarks as the only, or even the most important, factor in Iran’s decision-making requires more evidence than the impression of yet another anonymous “person familiar with” the situation, which CNN failed to provide.
While American news outlets obsess over bashing the American and Israeli administrations for striking Iran as well as their conduct during the war, Iran is portrayed as a victim of Western aggression, rather than as the top state sponsor of terror that has long oppressed its own people.
AP carelessly reports that Israel faced fire from the Houthis in Yemen “for the first time.” In fact, the Iranian-backed terror group has previously fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel. The March 28 attack was the first during the Israeli-U.S. war against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Packaged as "Iran experts," the same voices are platformed all over the media echoing one another. Without letting news consumers know they are pushing pro-regime talking points, the media has allowed for the invasion of a different IRGC.
Journalists are inverting reality by creating a perception of illegitimacy against the U.S. and Israel by associating the word “war crimes” with their actions, while simultaneously creating a perception of legitimacy, by way of omission, for the Iranian regime even as it regularly lobs cluster munitions at densely populated cities.
While summarizing the day’s news, CNN reverted to a familiar media habit by referring to Tel Aviv as Israel’s capital. After CAMERA’s outreach, it corrected the text and removed the reference.
Parroting Islamic Republic propaganda seeking to justify the mass casualty attack on Dimona yesterday, media outlets including AFP, New York Times and CNN falsely reported that the southern Israeli town is home to Israel's nuclear program. In fact, the town is some 15 kilometers northwest of the secretive facility. UPDATE: The New York Times corrects.
