About this episode
Josh Levs critiques media coverage of Iran and discusses the implications of misinformation.
In the days since the United States and Israel launched a military operation against Iran, the media has been misleading us. Obituaries of the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, left out basics, including his role in attacks on Americans and his regime’s horrific, systematic sexual assaults on girls and women. Big Media also showed pro-Iran bias in deciding which groups get the “terrorist” label.  Today, Josh tells us what the media won’t. He dismantles disastrous “reporting” from the New York Times, CNN, and the Washington Post. He explains how the media abandoned Iran’s brave protesters in recent months — a decision that strengthened Iran’s ability to fight off military action. The BBC even traveled to Iran to do propaganda for the regime. This story ties into another big story at home that sounds unrelated: a merger involving CBS and CNN. The same news agencies insisting journalism is in danger don’t care about the journalistic fiascoes already present.  The problem is not left versus right, Josh explains; it’s truth versus lies. Tune in to get the two ingredients of truth: facts plus context. Subscribe to the FREE newsletter…
People in this episode
Host: Josh Levs
Topics covered
- media bias
- Iran
- military operations
- journalism
- protests
- truth
- reporting
Keywords
- Iran
- media bias
- Ayatollah Ali Khamanei
- journalism
- protests
- military action
- truth
- reporting
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, BBC, CBS
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