Western Media’s Image Of Iran Serves Only Neo-Con Warmongers
Hyperbole and false representations, smearing and painting an unfair image of Iran, routinely surface every so often in the mainstream media.
It's nothing new, but nonetheless such slurs are very damaging, and such false perceptions often remain with people. They linger especially, when the same lies are repeated again and again in the media. “Repeat a lie often enough and it eventually becomes the truth.”
It's important we recognize and challenge the lies about the sovereign nation of Iran, as and when they arise, because as is evident from the not so distant past, lies are presented as fact through the media.This entrenched thinking absolutely feeds in to the kind of national psychology and state of mind which is always cultivated by war mongers and politicians, when the war drums start to beat.
The so-called “weapons of mass destruction,” which later proved simply to be a mass deception, were a key part of the Neo-Con agenda of building a public mood for the war in the build up to the illegal attack waged against Iraq in 2003.No weapons of mass destruction were ever found in Iraq by the weapons inspectors, and yet at the time, before any UN weapons team had even set foot in Iraq, Western media had already decided that they existed, and in the UK, Tony Blair and his government were prepared to attack Iraq on the basis of what later turned out to be completely false “intelligence.”
So when we start seeing worrying hints for example, that Iran has plans to “eliminate” Israel, with sound bite headlines, or “wipe Israel of the map,” it reflects the fact that war hawks in Washington and London are testing the water, forever trying to influence and shape public mood, which is again no secret, and certainly nothing controversial.
The headline referred to in the above link refers to the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei and his recent tweet regarding his plan for confronting the hegemony of the State of Israel - not the destruction of the Jewish people which it hints at. And at a quick glance, like so many other news stories on Iran it is misleading. Outlining his plan to “eliminate” Israel, and completely taking his comments out of context is irresponsible. Khamenei was outlining a plan to bring about the end of the Israeli political regime, distinct from Judaism.
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http://rt.com/op-edge/204907-iran-media-israel-war/