Tell The World Media To Boycott the IRI And Its Officials

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Onlyiran
by Onlyiran
04-Mar-2011
 

It goes without saying that the presence of the foreign media in Tunisia, Egypt and even now in Libya contributed (and in Libya’s case, is contributing) to the increasing momentum of the opposition.  It also helped reveal (and again in Libya’s case, is revealing) the true nature of the dictatorship and its abuses of the civilian population.  After all, we all remember the image of Anderson Cooper being beaten on the streets of Cairo and the near miss air strike against CNN’s crew in Libya.  Those images have left, and will leave, their indelible mark on the world’s collective conscience.  But what about Iran?  All major foreign news agencies and reporters are banned from Iran.  The only evidence of IRI’s crimes against the Iranian people are the grainy cell phone videos that are posted on YouTube.  The people of Iran have no means with which they can broadcast the brutality of the regime.  And to make it worst, the regime has its massive propaganda empire and uses its various media operations to get its message out and to portray the demonstrators, and to frame the protests, in its own image.

What is further outrageous in this whole equation is that notwithstanding its abuses of foreign media, and its total ban of major foreign media’s presence in Iran, IRI officials routinely appear on the same foreign media outlets to push their views.  Ahmadinejad gets interviewed by every major network every September when he arrives in the U.S. for the UN General Assembly, and IRI’s representatives appear on CNN and AL-Jazeera to push its agenda and its point of view.  This is patently unfair to the Iranian people.

Here’s what I propose: let’s tell the world’s media to immediately end all interactions with IRI officials until they allow unrestricted access to foreign journalists inside Iran.  This means no interviews, no appearances and not even quotes from any IRI official until the IRI allows full access to foreign journalists to travel to Iran and to report from them without any restrictions. 

The IRI only understands tit-for-tat and language of consequence.  The only way that it will agree to do anything resembling the right thing is for it to be threatened with some sort of a consequence.  And it is also very propaganda oriented.  Ahmadinejad basks in the joy every time he is interviewed by Larry King and the like.  Taking that opportunity away from them will have some effect. 

So, take a moment to contact media representatives around the world, ABC News, NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, BBC, DW, and any other news outlet that you can think of.  Tell them to boycott the IRI and its officials until they allow unrestricted access to the world media inside Iran.  Let’s see if we can make a difference for our brothers and sisters in Iran and put a dent in IRI’s propaganda machine.      

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by Simorgh5555 on Sat Mar 05, 2011 01:02 PM PST

Fantastic blog. The IR should be treated exactly like apartheid South Africa and I will go far as to suggest that it should be removed from the IR. Foreign media should learn to stop sating the IR is the government of Iran. This is a gross misprepresentation. The IR is not the legitimate government of Iran or the Iranian people. 

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by Onlyiran on Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:41 PM PST

DM Jaan - Thank you for the kind words, and please, feel free to pass the message on to as many people as you wish.

Rea- You do have a valid point.  But I think, if you look at the situation in its totality, the benefits of a boycott outweigh the few glimpses that we get of their state of mind through foreign media outlets.  We can get those from their own media as well.  The IRI is very propaganda concious.  A boycott will make it think seriously about allowing foriegn journalists into  the country.


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It's good to have them interviewed

by Rea on Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:27 AM PST

For not only they often ridicule themselves but they also provide valuable information. And that in itself is worth a lot.

Let me give you an example.

Not so long ago people managed to convince me that stoning is just a Western propaganda directed against "independent, freedom-loving and democratic IRI". Then I found a video here on IC, MJ Larijani saying: "judges in Iran rarely (sic!), in 2 or 3 years, give this judgement" (12:35). That was an eye opening for me.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkNya0z_8Kk

So, let them speak. Furthermore, I prefer them use English when interviewed (like Larijani did), so they can't say later their words were mistranslated. As is often the case with AN.


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OI jan

by Doctor mohandes on Sat Mar 05, 2011 04:00 AM PST

Very powerful essay. With an impact factor of over 10!!!

Good idea. But this has got to be a concerted effort. I mean who knows what these networks are really upto. They may very well come up with the BS that it our duty and our mission to carry on and give them a chance to be heard...

Sensationalism is the name of the game as you said, and we need to make sure that they are taking us seriously and know that we mean buisness. I am gonna pass this message along to a few friends if you don't mind?.


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Fri Mar 04, 2011 09:44 PM PST

Nevertheless, it would be great if the remaining few boycott them completely. Although, one would think this will hurt comedians job a great deal since much of their material comes from IRI

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by Onlyiran on Fri Mar 04, 2011 07:56 PM PST

the networks are looking for sensationalism, and interviews with AN sell that kind of thing.  And AN knows it too.  He takes advantage of that dynamic...just like the IRI takes advantage of everything else.  


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Money

by jmyt17 on Fri Mar 04, 2011 04:26 PM PST

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OI jaan

by Cost-of-Progress on Fri Mar 04, 2011 02:16 PM PST

You are absolutely right. Unfortunately, these days money and power are more powerful than reason and decency (actually that's always been the case).

Just imagine what's gonna happen when oil supplies really dwindle to nothing and it's every man for himself.

May nature have mercy on our children and their children.

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vildemose

Bravo. I couldn't agree more.

by vildemose on Fri Mar 04, 2011 02:08 PM PST

Bravo. I couldn't agree more.


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