SHOCKED! SHOCKED! SHOCKED! "WESTERN MEDIA LIES"

A Senior Iranian military officer has accused the Western media of lying about a confrontation between an Iranian fishing boat and a US Naval ship off the coast of Iran.

The mainstream media has been lying to the American public about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past five years so what else is new?

This blog was started because the mainstream media in the United States were both lying about the war in Iraq and even worse they abandoned all coverage of the war.

Anyone watching FOX NEWS, CNN and MSNBC know the three cable news outlets have devoted almost round-the-clock coverage to the political race for the White House, and they have dumped all coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So the idea that an Iranian military officer is pointing his finger at the mainstream media in the US and saying they lied about what took place in the waters off Iran should come as no surprise to anyone who monitors the press in the United States.

Freedom of the press is an oxymoron left in the hands of the corporate giants who control the media and in many cases are making tons of money off the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with their subsidiaries who are in cahoots with the defense industry.

Editorial comment by BILL CORCORAN, editor of CORKSPHERE

'Western media lie just like Bush'
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:55:16
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=51567&sectionid=351020101

Brigadier General Seyyed Massoud JazayeriA senior Iranian military commander has slammed Western media for publishing a 'false' report about an Iran-US naval confrontation. On Friday, the CNN and several news agencies reported that there had been a confrontation between Iranian boats and a US navy vessel in the Persian Gulf. Tehran's response was that there was no confrontation but just a routine identification check.

The reports echoed similar allegations by the US back in January about an encounter in the Strait of Hormuz. “The news released by the US media, including CNN, about a confrontation between Iranian boats and a US navy vessel in the Persian Gulf waters and its quick withdrawal, once again prove that these media outlets are unreliable,” said Brigadier General Seyyed Massoud Jazayeri.

“Of course, this is not the first time that the American and British media are busy spreading gross falsehoods and half-truths,” he added. Jazayeri also said that the publication of 'false' news by the BBC, Fox News, CNN, and the like stems from their untruthful nature. "Just like George W. Bush, the Western media happen to be great liars," he added.