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In the discussion thread: US Pulls Plug on Iran Cable News (Press TV) [View all]

Sat Feb 9, 2013, 03:51 PM

KoKo (70,055 posts)

10. Oh...Press TV is available and it is a big deal to those of us

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who watch media from abroad. Some cables have access to foreign news for those from abroad who live and work here. I guess Iranian citizens and students and others who have Visa's here will now be denied access. Punished for being an ethnic group that our American Govt. has declared on their "unapproved list."

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99 replies	Author	Time	Post
US Pulls Plug on Iran Cable News (Press TV) [View all]	alp227	Feb 2013	OP
Only American-born citizens should be allowed to broadcast news in the US, anyway. nt	EastKYLiberal	Feb 2013	#1
Are you sure you're ...	Hell Hath No Fury	Feb 2013	#6
albeit	PatrynXX	Feb 2013	#18
And...what is it that bothers you about RT?	KoKo	Feb 2013	#62
Why do you feel that way?	pangaia	Feb 2013	#9
Well said! Most American owned outlets are now absolutely adolescent. If one listens to Press TV, RT	RKP5637	Feb 2013	#32
Couldn't agree more.	pangaia	Feb 2013	#36
Thanks!!!	RKP5637	Feb 2013	#44
Ooohh.. now we're lovers.	pangaia	Feb 2013	#46
LOL	RKP5637	Feb 2013	#55
You had me up until RT.	Socal31	Feb 2013	#50
I can't tell if this is sarcastic or merely stupid. (nt)	Posteritatis	Feb 2013	#24
I took it as sarcasm, but many others didn't. I'm not going to worry about it much.	AAO	Feb 2013	#52
"Congress shall make no law...	Deep13	Feb 2013	#31
You want to ban the BBC from the US? Sounds dumb.	limpyhobbler	Feb 2013	#38
Don't forget the bit about citizenship tiers, too. (nt)	Posteritatis	Feb 2013	#40
Maybe. Rupert Murdoch's Fox would be silenced. Both Murdoch and his biggest investor	JDPriestly	Feb 2013	#74
No more Fox!	DBoon	Feb 2013	#89
Um. What?	Spider Jerusalem	Feb 2013	#96
Does anyone find the stated rationale for this to be a bit strange?	leveymg	Feb 2013	#2
+1	Buzz Clik	Feb 2013	#4
well....we know that "target" is used very	KoKo	Feb 2013	#7
Strange rationale for sure....	lib2DaBone	Feb 2013	#17
+8,034	Angry Dragon	Feb 2013	#28
Ain't it great! And we call if freedom! Go USA!!! Go USA!!! Go USA!!!	RKP5637	Feb 2013	#61
Nice.	daleo	Feb 2013	#19
We both know that hypocritical rationale has been a bedrock of gov't hypocrisy for decades.	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2013	#37
There's an Iranian news channel on US cable systems?	Buzz Clik	Feb 2013	#3
Oh...Press TV is available and it is a big deal to those of us	KoKo	Feb 2013	#10
I guess I've never been in a big enough market to have seen it.	Buzz Clik	Feb 2013	#12
I think it's utterly silly to ban Press. I also think that relying	cali	Feb 2013	#78
Well..our news is "Corporate/Owned/filtered" Propaganda...in many cases	KoKo	Feb 2013	#83
Maybe the military is pissed off because Iran figured out how to decode American drones.	Katorama	Feb 2013	#34
I thought America was the Land of Freedom from Censorship	KoKo	Feb 2013	#5
We have always been censored.	Cleita	Feb 2013	#21
True..We have always been censored..but, we didn't know...Now we know	KoKo	Feb 2013	#26
In my area they are drying up funding for the libraries, so now they are open shorter hours	Cleita	Feb 2013	#33
Our news media is controlled by advertisers, as is our entertainment industry. No big surprise here.	Katorama	Feb 2013	#35
Hve you ever seen the difference between the US version of Newsweek	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2013	#39
Yes, indeed. Also the difference between CNN International and US CNN	KoKo	Feb 2013	#60
It has never made sense.	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2013	#63
People will just watch it online.	bunnies	Feb 2013	#8
is it real news or just propaganda put out by the government	dlwickham	Feb 2013	#11
You do realize that we have been using "Voice of America"	KoKo	Feb 2013	#13
Do you mean Voice of America? Radio Free Europe?	alp227	Feb 2013	#14
Yes...thanks and Edited my post for the newer name...	KoKo	Feb 2013	#16
Have you seen the movie Red Dawn? That movie had a fictional "Radio Free America".	alp227	Feb 2013	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	KoKo	Feb 2013	#49
Some background info on "Radio Free Europe" (I'm a "Cold War Baby")	KoKo	Feb 2013	#51
I'm sure Iran and other countries are free to block VOA	dlwickham	Feb 2013	#20
One persons "Terrorism" is another persons "Freedom Fighter."	KoKo	Feb 2013	#27
no it doesn't	dlwickham	Feb 2013	#65
True, but then again Iran doesn't claim to have unparalleled press freedom.	Katorama	Feb 2013	#41
Erm, they call it a "flagrant violation of freedom of speech."	joshcryer	Feb 2013	#58
the US government doesn't control all the news coming out of this country	dlwickham	Feb 2013	#66
That doesn't preclude that a huge chunk of US media is propagandistic.	joshcryer	Feb 2013	#67
Was always a combination	dipsydoodle	Feb 2013	#23
Of course PressTV's propaganda, but honestly, so what? (nt)	Posteritatis	Feb 2013	#25
Someone or Some Folks High Up...think Americans can't be trusted	KoKo	Feb 2013	#30
Even if it's "just" propaganda	Lydia Leftcoast	Feb 2013	#95
so you think "news" organizations like the old Pravda was useful	dlwickham	Feb 2013	#97
Yes	Lydia Leftcoast	Feb 2013	#98
let freedom ring	frylock	Feb 2013	#15
There's a Big Bell there in Philadelphia...It's waiting to be Rung Again...	KoKo	Feb 2013	#54
Good riddance to a Sandy Hook truther, anti-Semitic conspiracy theory propaganda outlet	ButterflyBlood	Feb 2013	#22
Nah, just our "core values". Whatever those are any more.	Katorama	Feb 2013	#42
Watch it online...	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#84
Good argument.	ForgoTheConsequence	Feb 2013	#48
So the US will have no credibility when we accuse other governments of censoring the news.	limpyhobbler	Feb 2013	#29
Press TV is so far from the gov't & MSM stereotype of Iran, most people would never connect the two	yurbud	Feb 2013	#43
It's always good (if one is curious) to listen to all sides of an issue	KoKo	Feb 2013	#57
Press TV is for export. Much like Russia Today.	joshcryer	Feb 2013	#69
DUers praising PressTV need a reality check.	Robb	Feb 2013	#45
But our Government sponsors Their Opinions (As Part and Parcel of our	KoKo	Feb 2013	#53
Most states have state media. Some ONLY have state media.	Robb	Feb 2013	#56
So...you hope that people (Progressives) will be FORCED to not ever	KoKo	Feb 2013	#59
Shop where you want, buddy.	Robb	Feb 2013	#64
Indeed, and not to mention all the kooky anti-Israeli conspiracy theories promoted by that network.	alp227	Feb 2013	#90
Press TV blamed "Israeli death squads" for the Sandy Hook shootings	oberliner	Feb 2013	#68
do you have a link to that story?	yurbud	Feb 2013	#71
Here ya go	oberliner	Feb 2013	#72
Wow! Thanks for the link! nt	bananas	Feb 2013	#76
the irony is a REPUBLICAN congressman gave the conspiracy theory and they agreed	yurbud	Feb 2013	#87
Agree that's pretty bad...but, we've seen that kind of stuff here in US	KoKo	Feb 2013	#88
And yet FOX News is still on the air... n/t	DRoseDARs	Feb 2013	#70
As part of Occupy in Los Angeles, I have met a PressTV correspondent several times	Fire Walk With Me	Feb 2013	#73
And Obama's FCC is pushing for MORE media consolidation.	woo me with science	Feb 2013	#77
As mentioned, Press blamed Sandy Hook on Israeli Death Squads	cali	Feb 2013	#79
RT/America has a studio in DC and Reporters who are based there	KoKo	Feb 2013	#81
Press TV's headlines are not seen in Iran, there is no Persian language version, illegal to own a	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#85
"How you can support a State owned media outlet of any State is beyond me"	ForgoTheConsequence	Feb 2013	#93
I too found RT and Press TV's coverage of OWS outstanding.	KoKo	Feb 2013	#80
Did you chat them up without asking questions of them?	Bluenorthwest	Feb 2013	#86
I only speak of one man and that they aired his reports. Just giving credit where it is due. I am	Fire Walk With Me	Feb 2013	#94
Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.	The Stranger	Feb 2013	#75
Press TV is still available on the Internet	FarCenter	Feb 2013	#82
So is Stormfront. Knock yourself out with these loons.	Robb	Feb 2013	#91
Looks like we're giving China a run for their money	go west young man	Feb 2013	#92
About damn time! PressTV was always a fascist agitprop organ, anyhow.	AverageJoe90	Feb 2013	#99

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