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Iran Doesn't Have a Nuclear Weapons Program. Why Do Media Keep Saying It Does?
When it comes to Iran, do basic facts matter? Evidently not, since dozens and dozens of journalists keep casually reporting that Iran has a "nuclear weapons program" when it does not—a problem FAIR has reported on over the years (e.g., 9/9/15). Let's take a look at some of the outlets spreading this falsehood in just the past five days:
Business Insider (10/13/17): "The deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), aims to incentivize Iran to curb its nuclear weapons program by lifting crippling international economic sanctions."
New Yorker (10/16/17): "One afternoon in late September, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called a meeting of the six countries that came together in 2015 to limit Iran's nuclear weapons program."
Washington Post (10/16/17): "The administration is also considering changing or scrapping an international agreement regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program."
CNN (10/17/17): "In reopening the nuclear agreement, [Trump] risks having Iran advance its nuclear weapons program at a time when he confronts a far worse nuclear challenge from North Korea that he can't resolve."
The problem with all of these excerpts: There is no documentation that Iran has a nuclear weapons program.
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Monday October 23 2017, @08:29AM (3 children)
I kinda think of Iran as the North Dakota of the middle/south/east/Asia. State tree is a telephone pole. Sold themselves out to oil in a double-wide trailer-home in Minot. Just like that. And just think, surrounded by the socialist hellholes of South Dakota, Canada, Montana and Minnesota! Just like Iran. Seriously. And, they already have some nukes [soylentnews.org]? Minot AFB, [wikipedia.org] sometimes they just lose them? If only the Donald would make a deal with North Dakota, before it is too late!!!!
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by VLM on Monday October 23 2017, @02:05PM (2 children)
I think they're on pretty good terms already, that makes the analogy difficult.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Dakota,_2016 [wikipedia.org]
"Republican nominee Donald Trump won North Dakota in a 36-percentage-point routing over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton,"...
Humorously, cucky Romney only got a 19% margin and hyper-cucky McCain only got a pitiful 8% margin. The R party was so cucky in those pre-Trump days that Obama nearly won North Dakota, LOL.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday October 23 2017, @04:32PM (1 child)
"Cuck" is not an argument, VLM. And if anyone has been cuckolded, it's rural Republican voters, as their party has made their lives worse and worse since the Civil Rights movement while promising them the moon and the stars in return for their fidelity and loyalty. If that's not cuckolding I don't know what is.
...which, ironically, makes YOU the "cuck." Hurts, doesn't it?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @04:54PM
Nothing can penetrate that shield of ignorance.