Amazing how media-consumers’ perception of the Iranian crisis can be manipulated by headlines, paragraph sequencing and commentary masquerading as fact – not to mention the selection of op-eds. Consider this piece by Reuters’ Brussels-based correspondent Justyna Pawlak. The optimism oozing…
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Iran in the Eyes of the (Media) Beholder
Tagged with: AFP, European media, Hassan Rowhani, Iran, Iran nuclear program, Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian crisis, Jill Abramson, Justyna Pawlak, Media, media integrity, media objectivity, Middle East, New York Times, Nuclear, nuclear program, NYT, Reuters, Rouhani, Rowhani, Sanctions, Tehran, Thomas Erdbrink, Thomas Pickering, UN, western media
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Iranian elections, Iranian Financial Sanctions, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Khamenei, Media Coverage
Posted in Hassan Rouhani, Iranian elections, Iranian Financial Sanctions, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Khamenei, Media Coverage
Mark Fitzpatrick in Israel
With the Iran crisis silly season expected to be shorter than usual this (northern hemisphere) summer due to government reshuffling in Tehran, respected IISS expert Mark Fitzpatrick took off for Israel to see what’s behind Prime Minister Netanyahu’s latest statements…
Tagged with: America, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gary Sick, Hassan Rowhani, IIss, Iran, iran crisis, Iran nuclear program, Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian crisis, Israel, Mark Fitzpatrick, Middle East, Netanyahu, New York Times, Nick Burns, Nuclear, nuclear program, NYT, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Rouhani, Rowhani, Samantha Powers, Sanctions, Tehran, Thomas Erdbrink, US
Posted in Ha'aretz, Hassan Rouhani, Iranian elections, Iranian Financial Sanctions, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Other News
Posted in Ha'aretz, Hassan Rouhani, Iranian elections, Iranian Financial Sanctions, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Iranian Politics, Other News
Sanctions: Fini & Cordesman vs. Luers
Classic example of selective media: practically nothing on a working-level EU official’s defense of sanctions, while word of another imminent Ashton-Jalili session covered all over the place. According to this report, EU sanctions coordinator Francesco Fini recently told a Brussels audience:…
Tagged with: Anthony Cordesman, Catherine Ashton, CSIS, diplomacy, Francesco Fini, Iran, Iran nuclear program, iran project, Iranian crisis, Iranian Foreign Relations, Michael Singh, NewEurope, Saeed Jalili, Tehran, Teri Schultz, The Brussels panel, The Iran Project, William Luers
Posted in Iranian Financial Sanctions, Media Coverage
Posted in Iranian Financial Sanctions, Media Coverage
US SOD Chuck Hagel in Israel
Did US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, receive a “respite” on Iran during his recent trip? Media coverage seemed obsessively focused on this question (some of its reps were quite hopeful in their tweets), so let’s have a look (in…
Tagged with: America, Chuck Hagel, Iran, Iranian crisis, Israel, Middle East, nuclear aspirations, President Obama, The New York Times, Thom Shanker, weapons sales
Posted in AP, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Media Coverage
Posted in AP, Iranian Nuclear Crisis, Media Coverage
Meanwhile, Back in the Middle East
So much fanfare lately over President Obama’s visit to Israel, it’s as if the Iranian crisis had become the sideshow. Well, believe us – it’s still the main event, even if the president has returned to DC. You just have…
Tagged with: Dubai’s economy, Iran nuclear program, Iranian crisis, Israel, Jerusalem, President Obama, Reza Kahlili, The official Saudi Press Agency, The Washington Times, WND
Posted in Other News
Posted in Other News
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