About this episode

The episode discusses how media distortions about Iran's nuclear program have shaped public perception and contributed to the potential for war.

In this News Brief, we discuss a recent poll showing 70% of Americans are fundamentally wrong about the nature of Iran's "nuclear program"—including 1 in 4 who think Iran currently possesses a nuclear weapon, and detail how decades of sleazy media innuendo and fabrications got us to this point.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nima Shirazi, Adam Johnson

Topics covered

• media distortion
• Iran nuclear program
• public perception
• war
• polling data

Keywords

• Iran
• nuclear program
• media
• poll
• war
• public opinion
• distortion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iran, media

Places: America

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