The money in the Iran nuclear weapons deal . . . Let's get it straight.

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People will know better than I do, but I see Fox deliberately obscuring the fact that the money in question consists of Iranian assets.

Fox wants everyone to think we're paying them to sign.

I saw an example a few days back when on Fox a commentator began to say "Billions in Iran assets" but cut himself short and talked instead about "the billions that will flow into their economy," seeming to willful ignore the factthat it's their own money in the first place. Lying by omission.

But we should advertise the fact that the U.S. is not paying Iran to sign or comply.

Have you noticed this obfuscation?

Do you have better information on the money part of the deal?

Is there a way for us to highlight this to counter Fox's spin?

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1. I think Frank Luntz is behind this. I can see the memo now:

"Speak freely about the money they will receive but do not mention its origins. Many will assume the U.S. Government will pay them and that belief will aid in our campaign to scuttle the deal."

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2. i just saw a republican who sits on the house committee investigating this say...

we're giving billions of dollars to iran that they can use to commit terrorist acts against us.....

they are getting monies because we are relaxing sanctions against them....nothing more.

lies, lies, lies.

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3. And unfreezing assets.