UPDATED: PRI Downplays and Ignores Genocidal Rhetoric in Iran
Aaron Schacter, a substitute host at The World broadcast by Public Radio International, recently downplayed and tittered at genocidal hate speech coming from Iranian leaders.
Is CNN Conducting a PR Campaign For The Iranian Regime?
CNN's utopian portrait of Jews living comfortably in a tolerant and benevolent Islamic Iranian regime avoids the more difficult questions, as does its interview with a Jewish-Iranian official. UPDATED: Rouhani Fever and CNN
As news organizations blatantly mischaracterize statements recently made by Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, a number of Farsi-speakers challenge CNN's account of his supposed "acknowledgment" of the Holocaust. After Iranian Twitter Posts, Excitement Overcomes Nuance
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News reports about Twitter posts by Iranian officials caused a stir in the media. But context and skepticism are important in journalism, even when reporters really want to believe. New York Times Corrects Iran Mistranslations — Including Its Own
After CAMERA challenged inaccurate translations of statements by Iran's current and previous presidents, The New York Times corrected its article. Hassan Rouhani – The Extremists’ ‘Moderate’
Early news reporting about Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani tossed around "moderate," "pragmatist" and "centrist." It was left too often to opinion writers and think tank analysts to supply journalistic details. A Nuclear-Capable Iran is a Threat to America
Much news coverage of Iran's quest for nuclear weapons has been framed as a clash between Iran and Israel. Little press attention has been paid to the threat Iran poses to the United States and the rest of the world.
Mearsheimer on PBS: Nuclear Weapons are Weapons of Peace
On PBS Newshour, John Mearsheimer, author of the "Israel Lobby," asserts " a nuclear-armed Iran would bring stability to the region." He also offers reassurance that "they have hardly any offensive capability at all." Letter in Washington Times: U.S. Election is not Israel’s Iran Consideration
A Washington Times columnist, Arnaud de Borchgrave, tied a possible Israeli attack on Iran's presumed nuclear weapons program to the U.S. presidential election, and cited an Israeli source as downplaying the Iranian threat. CAMERA's letter to the editor supplied the missing, and contradictory, context. Elie Wiesel Challenges President Obama; Washington Post Misses Story
President Barack Obama and Elie Wiesel visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in connection with Holocaust Remembrance Day. While there, Wiesel challenged the president over Syrian repression and Iranian threats against Israel. Washington Post coverage omitted the biggest news.