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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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 23 2017, @10:29AM (3 children)
I agree with every word you've said but there's still one problem. You're looking at the situation entirely from their perspective instead of from your own. That is exceedingly unwise. Darwin would even go as far as to call it unfit.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @04:57PM (2 children)
Lol, so it turns out your brain may not be hardwired as a sociopath, but you freely embrace concepts that make you into one anyway! Wow, just fucking wow.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 23 2017, @05:40PM (1 child)
Please, show us more of your ignorance. A human mind that is unable to see things from its own perspective is no less damaged than one that is unable to see it from the perspectives of others.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Wednesday October 25 2017, @02:00AM
If it is unable to see things from its own perspective, that hardly is a perspective then, is it? Please, Buzzard, we know you are trying to defend the indefensible, but flat out contradiction is to be avoided.
And as for that "other perspective"? Well, if it's alt-right, it is more of a confusion and/or delusion than a proper perspective, so they do not really see much, either. Maybe this is the source of your confusion?