Opinion | Western Media Aren’t Telling You the Truth About Iran
There is repression going on in Iran and the Western media focuses on getting a nuclear deal, which is hypocrisy by the Western powers when they have nuclear weapons themselves! Do they really think Iran will actually use a nuclear bomb? No one has used a nuclear bomb on anyone since 1945. No on dares. Use sanctions over this repression rather than over a nuclear deal!
I agree that there are many problems with the way the U.S. media cover things, both internationally and domestically. There are some countries and governments the media love, some that they hate, and most are indifferent to. I wouldn't say the media give a very balanced or complete view of the world, although they are useful at signaling what issues and parts of the world the ruling class cares about.
The West has been well aware of the repression in Iran. Iran got America's attention when the attacked and occupied our embassy back in 1979, holding American hostages for 444 days. There were rumors that the Reagan presidential campaign had colluded with the Iranians to make President Carter look bad. Then there was the subsequent Iran-Contra scandal which involved Reagan's administration. Yet, America helped Iraq in their war against Iran, but then all of a sudden, Iraq became the big enemy, and Iran was put on the back burner.
They were worried about WMDs in Iraq as well.
I don't know if Iran wants to build a nuclear weapon, nor do I know what they would do with it if they had one. I don't think they'd be any more or less dangerous than North Korea or Pakistan or even Russia or China having nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are a fact of life, and it remains a historical fact that the U.S. is the only country to ever use nuclear weapons on live targets. If Iran gets nuclear weapons, then they get nuclear weapons. If they use them, then I would expect the US government would retaliate in kind and turn Iran into a giant parking lot - something that many said we should do back in 1979.
The repression and the resistance against it has been reported to some extent, but I would agree that it doesn't get as much attention as one might hope for.
The strange thing about it is that this is exactly the thing that the internet was supposed to remedy. In the pre-internet/pre-cable days, we had to rely on the local news channels, the broadcast networks, and the state/local press to get information. Now, we can go to any news website anywhere in the world and get information and perspectives from every corner of the earth. It's available and accessible, but it may not necessarily show up on the standard newsfeed one might get. One has to look for it, and most people might just rely on the major news services by default.
