MetaFilter posts tagged with Iran and news

Liberal media? Free press? Journalistic integrity? How quaint.

mek — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:40:04 -0800

The NYT reports that GE has brokered a deal between MSNBC and Fox News to "reconcile" Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly, preventing further criticism of each other or GE. The deal went into effect June 1, the very same day Olbermann declared he was "quarantining" Fox, avoiding discussion of the channel in the future. Mr. Olbermann, who is on vacation, said by e-mail message, “I am party to no deal.” Glenn Greenwald breaks down the political consequences of the deal.

"You will explode after two minutes".

nthdegx — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:01:30 -0800

"Video of Iran ‘attack’ on three US warships released by Pentagon"

Arrested British sailors were gathering intelligence on Iran while on UN mandate?

hoder — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:46:15 -0800

Releaed British navy commander: We were gathering intelligence on Iran (Watch the interview)
Tony Blair: The sailors were on a legitimate UN mandate
The Observer: The MoD confirmed last night that the Iranians had made the claim that they had become interested in Cornwall's activities after learning about it on British television, but denied the decision to allow the ship's crew to be interviewed while on active duty had jeopardised the mission.

Baztab, Tehran-based news website in English

hoder — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:46:23 -0800

Baztab, an alternative Iranian news wesbite from Tehran, (feed) was launched last month. But last week, it defied Ahmadinejad's government's order to shut down its service.

Memory of Mankind

thirteenkiller — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:18:48 -0800

A US court has decided that Persian antiquities on loan to the University of Chicago can be confiscated and sold to compensate American victims of Hamas violence in Israel.

USAF playing cat and mouse game over Iran

Postroad — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:22:39 -0800

USAF playing cat and mouse game over Iran and yes: there is no hard evidence that this is taking place. But we do recall what Bush had earlier said about the axis of evil and his warnings to Iran about nuke capability. "The U.S. Air Force is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Iran's ayatollahs, flying American combat aircraft into Iranian airspace in an attempt to lure Tehran into turning on air defense radars, thus allowing U.S. pilots to grid the system for use in future targeting data, administration officials said. "We have to know which targets to attack and how to attack them," said one, speaking on condition of anonymity.

20,000 feared dead in Iran quake

arnab — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 05:48:48 -0800

20,000 feared dead in Iran quake. Google News Cluster.