CNN: Media Arm of the Ayatollah

CNN went to Iran with regime approval, interviewed regime-selected people who support Khamenei, and presented a pro-regime narrative.

Iran echos Iranian regime lies, ingnoring the brutal crackdown on protesters and emphasizing regime messaging over the voices of those fighting for freedom. Western journalists in Tehran have been constrained by access rules that limit reporting to what the authorities want published, resulting in stories that are sanitized or deferential to Tehran’s talking points. CNN ignored the thousands of deaths and widespread repression.

They are accomplices to the butchery.

I described exactly how this would unfold:https://t.co/CLr8MOKnYu
Now CNN is in Tehran, broadcasting a staged reality and repeating the Islamic Republic’s script.
They went first. Others will follow.

This is not journalism. It’s whitewashing a massacre.
Iran will