Examining how PressTV twists the truth shows how mainstream journalists do the same ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Friday, June 13, 2025

Examining how PressTV twists the truth shows how mainstream journalists do the same

Here's a fun exercise. Find the lies in this PressTV report:

Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri and commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami have been martyred in Israeli aggression that also targeted scientists and civilians.

Videos circulating on social media show widespread destruction in residential areas of Tehran and other regions, the result of what has been described as indiscriminate Israeli aggression.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a statement, condemned the aggression and vowed Iran's severe retaliation against the Tel Aviv regime.

“In the early hours of today, the Zionist regime once again revealed its evil and bloodstained hand by committing a crime on our beloved soil, further exposing its malicious nature through attacks on residential areas. The regime must now await a harsh punishment,” read the statement.

There aren't any in the article itself, except for the word "martyred."

The scientists working on a nuclear weapon probably were technically civilians. The article doesn't say the attacks were indiscriminate - just that they were described that way. And the Khamenei quote is accurate, even if he is lying - but the article quotes him.

There was no violation of journalistic standards while giving an altogether false impression.

Similarly, this headline: "Israeli ‘barbaric’ aggression against Iran draws global condemnation."

The article quotes a Turkish official as calling it "barbaric" and the condemnations were around the world.

This shows how Iranian journalists can lie while adhering to journalistic standards. But it also shows how supposedly Western media can do the same thing.

Quote people selectively. Frame facts selectively. Couch the reporter's opinion as an "expert" opinion. Omit any facts that contradict the thesis. Make implications without directly making accusations.

It is obvious when it is done by PressTV. But the exact same thing is done by the New York Times using the same methods. (Although the NYT will pretend to quote the Israeli side, but bury it way down in the story and then have a friendly anti-Israel voice counter it immediately.)