Just so we don't misunderstand each other: I remember how these things looked like in Jugoslavia when communist regime was still in power. I remember the 'press' at that time and how incredibly easy the western media was duped by the Yu regime again and again. You see... one... is not like the other. Not even remotely. And the western mind can't fathom the world where everyone is only allowed to say one thing so they just take it as 'another view', just like for example Fox News would have another view from CNN. But this is completely wrong way of looking at the press in repressive dictatorships like Iran or Jugoslavia or even Russia today. Every single 'journalist' in Iran knows he could be killed if he says the wrong (aka as Iran not eternally winning) thing. He knows he and his family can be tortured he knows he is constantly watched by the regime fanatics - so even if for some reason he isn't one of them, he will say their words and only their words.
And that makes everything the press says there worthless - and most of the people ion Iran know that very well. Again... I remember clearly how we, in Jugoslavia knew it at the time - we just weren't allowed to say it.
And this is the paradigm they operate under and why "this is just the opposing view" isn't correct. It's just a western mind who can't grasp the situation like that because 99% of us here never experienced anything even remotely like it. We constantly shit on our press -as we should-, we call it propaganda -as we should- but one... is not even remotely like the other.
Not even in the same universe.
harpos / Harpo
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