‘Major US newspapers censor Obama’s support of Iran fuel swap,’ US media

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Buenos Aires Herald

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | 23:02 ET
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‘Major US newspapers censor Obama’s support of Iran fuel swap,’ US media

The US media seems to have been boosting a particular coverage of the fuel swap deal signed last week by Iran, Brazil and Turkey. At least, that's what the Foreign Policy's Director Robert Naiman of the US news site Huffington Post reveals on his latest article after searching and analyzing the US media coverage on the matter.

So far, US media and US foreign policy articles and columns, echoed the news of the agreement signed last week by Iran, Brazil, and Turkey for Iran to ship about half of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to Turkey, in exchange for subsequent Western supply of higher-enriched uranium to fuel Iran's medical research reactor - fuel Iran needs in order to treat Iranian medical patients, fuel to which Iran is entitled as a signatory of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

Even though the facts, Naiman, who's based in Brazil's financial capital city of Sao Paulo, warns readers on his article and says that "If you were paying close attention, you might know that the deal is quite similar to one proposed a few months ago by the United States."

"The Huffington Post's article indicates that "An initial AP news agency story on the Washington Post's website last Monday said the agreement was "nearly identical" to the deal the US was pressing for, although by the end of the day the AP article on the Post's website had been revised to downgrade this comparison to ‘mirrors'." {The original AP story is still visible through a link in Naiman's article.}

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[JackRiddler]

1. No surprise, the corporate media coverage of this breakthrough agreement has been disgusting.

I think the Times headline was something like, "Agreement complicates sanctions push." Yeah, sorry if justifying threats of war just got harder. Of course it's the same agreement as with France and Russia, but - and this is one of the unforgivable aspects - with emerging upstart powers, Turkey and Brazil. And Turkey was once Israel's most reliable ally in the region.

K&R!

[pettypace]

2. August 1939 all over again

Someone sound the alarms.

[Jefferson23]

3. K&R

[The abyss]

4. Thanks for Posting!

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[Gates9]

5. Business As Usual

Let the search for WMD's begin. Way to be on the ball, Judi.

[Gates9]

6. Business As Usual-2

I'm no foreign policy expert, but i don't understand how the White House can pull a 180 like this. This is a failure of our US news media to report events significant to our foreign policy relations in a clear manner. Worse yet, it appears to be a collaboration of certain news media outlets with the White House to create a justifiable narrative for aggressive foreign policy.

Remind you of a former administration?

I have no doubt that there are things in play beyond the typical American citizens (my) understanding, but this seems to indicate that the Obama administration is ramping up on efforts to impose sanctions regardless of Iranian compromise.

I'm no fan of Iran, but I'm no fan of arbitrarily changing the rules to justify emerging policy either. Especially when it means dismissal and condescension towards the international community. We've seen where that takes us, and I don't want to go there again.