WAKE UP DU! THIS is the face of your enemy. Don't let it slink away ...

On May 19th The National Post - owned by CanWest Global - printed an exclusive front page story about a new Iranian law requiring Jews to wear yellow arm bands.
The story was accompanied by a large picture of some 1940 era Jews with the Nazi insignia on their coats.

As most of you know, the story was false.

The sources were Iranian ex-pats and the only confirmation attempted was with a Jewish human rights group.

THE MOST BASIC OF CHECKING WAS NOT DONE!!

The story caused an international furor. Other news organizations picked it up. Rightwing warmongers began frothing. International leadership, including Canada, Austrailia, and the USA, bashed Iran and likened them to Nazis.

Who is this National Post and why should you care???

They are the flagship paper of a huge media conglomerate that is getting larger. Go here for a full list of their ownings: http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/canwest.asp

They are your enemy. I do not subscribe to media conspiracies, but in the case of this corporation the ownership is openly pro-Israel and neo-conservative. Investigate...look at the ownership and associations. Read the wikipedia entry for The National Post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Post
it is chilling.

CanWest global - with ownership that openly admits it controls editorial content (and who knows what other content) actually writes news items.

They are expanding into the USA, so allow this henious example of irresponsible and sensationalist media behaviour to slip by without punishment at your peril.

Your choice.

I know exactly how this shit works. Our media is controlled by big corporations too.

Check out the Wiki for this paper:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Post

It's more insideous than many of the corps controlling media in the US.

as the War Pig adminstration starts softening us up for their next war.

Believe NOTHING.

I'm not saying that belief is correct, but I can certainly see why that fear persists when we see stories of outright pro-Israel propaganda like this.

J

"CanWest Global and the Post are now managed by Asper's sons, Leonard and David. The Aspers openly admit that they control the editorial content of the paper. One of the family's most notorious positions is its longstanding view that the CBC(Canada's public broadcaster) should be dismantled because of its supposed anti-Israel reportage."

While I agree with you about certain radical jewish elements in the media, I think we need to be measured and not over-extend the concern to all media. To do so is to only play into the hands of those who would paint any criticism as anti-semetic.

J

see the OP. There is a link to a list of what they own and a Wikipedia item on The National Post which contains details about CanWest and this family.

I would extend the concern to all media they own, and I think that's reasonable given what they're on record saying.

What are we the make nice police of the universe? Hey, I don't wear an armband but I sure as hell can't spout atheism in my town, my freedom of speech U.S.A.
little berg.
Lets say we are the make nice police. What do we do about it? Why we bomb the crap out of all of them and take care of their mismanaged oil and gas reserves until they are back on their feet again.:sarcasm:

Nothing the National Inquirer or Globe or Star would ever think of....of course.

please, let's not cloud this important issue with red herrings.

It's a hugely important story.

and I think the most important part of it now is how it's being allowed to silently pass by.

The CBC is afraid to touch it. I see nothing on CTV. Nothing in SunMedia today.

How a major national daily can post a false claim about Iran passing a law for Jews to wear yellow armbands on the FRONT PAGE with a huge picture of some circa WW2 Jews with a Nazi insignia...how they can do that and not become the story like CBS and Dan Rather did is mind-boggling.

No retraction. No apology. Hardly a peep about it anywhere.

Meanwhile half the world probably still believes that Iran is tagging Jews. It's criminal.

do with 911.
Same program, same recipe.
works all the time.

like, if it were true, they would have a picture. they would not have to drag out an old photo to illustrate it. just like colin powell would not have needed drawings of mobile weapons labs if they actually existed.
i get more and more cynical the older i get, but it is never enough to keep up.

but it's impossible to determine the lie when it appears in a MSM outlet.

:kick:

Is this a test of some sorts?

This shit is starting to scare me.
I feel like some group is probing for weaknesses in preparation of a larger attack against us. :tinfoilhat:

http://warrenreports.tpmcafe.com/node/30037

story, before.

It was picked up by many news organizations around the world. It was also commented on by several world leaders, including the Canadian PM, the Austrailian PM, and the state department. All likened Iran to Nazis over the report.
All of the typical rightwing frothers (Drudge, Powerline, Little Green idiots) have picked it up and won't put it down. Anti-Iran forces in Israel are making a very big deal out of it and Iran is understandably quite upset over the accusation.

CanWest Global owns the National Post...it's the "flagship" daily newsprint of the company. The company is huge, and is getting bigger. Educate yourself, check the OP for the Wikipedia link. Read the link in post 19.



Educate yourself, read the OP

Harper basically said even if it isn't true it COULD BE, and that is the problem.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/19052006/2/national-harper-says-iran-capable-introducing-nazi-clothing-labels.html

Harper is governing like he won the largest electoral landslide in history instead of the razor thin minority reality.

to say that the Iranians are "capable" of it is a stupid, stupid move. And then to top it off he likened them to the Nazis.

It'not helpful.

But the real problem is the acceptance of a huge error in the MSM without a real retraction.

floor in Kuwait that wasn't true. It goes to show how gullible they think we are, that we will swallow any lie whole and without water to wash it down.

The lie which started the first Gulf War.

they use words like: "considering" and
"some say".

I guess the lil' ol' National Post that some here have never heard of is having an effect down South after all.

It's not the National Enquirer everyone, this is a large MSM daily newspaper that fucked up here and has gotten away clean.

Tell a big lie, get it out there for the baton switch, and voila.

it becomes forever real.

We get it free at our university...you don't have to pay for them. The commentaries and editorial pages are the worst. When the whole "Should Canada support the missile defence program" issue came out, there was not one editorial against it. When Martin refused to participate, every single editor spoke against him, and for Bush. EVERY SINGLE ONE. I hate that paper like I hate gonnorhea!

I guess they're willing to take a loss to spread their partisan bullshit.

other day, though, so be careful there.

I'm just saying stick to the facts and don't delve into rhetoric or speculation which can so easily derail the point you were trying to make in the first place.

:hi:

It's now noted on MSNBC with a word about its falsity and the Canadian newspaper "backing off" from its initial report:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12891901/

they ended up printing more information the next day about "experts" and the Jewish Iranian parliament member calling it false, but they never actually said it was an incorrect story.

The fucking title of this backing off was "Iranian embassy denies dress code". That's pathetic.
It should have been "We were wrong about the Iran law for Jews".
Although the story did contain most of the new information on who was saying what by the next day, they never retracted and from the title it's obvious they are less than contrite.

I'm glad about that. I'm even gladder that it's linked to from the National Post Wiki entry.

Go here and scroll down to the link "2006 Iranian sumptuary law" close to the bottom:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Post

It details this sordid episode with half decent accuracy...although the link to the original NP story not the one that talked about yellow arm bands. There were actually two stories in the paper about it, a front page story and an editorial.

A false story branding Iran as Nazis...a story that even now some won't discount.

Have they laid the groundwork for a war justified by WWII imagery?

Let the National Post know what you think of them here:
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/info/contactus/mailto.html?name=Letters&SUBJECT=Letter%20To%20The%20Editor

...and the US Government just admitted a few months ago that it was completely unsubstantiated (in other words, it was a LIE.) 58,000+ American lives lost for a fucking lie.

To answer your question, YES, this is how war begins.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22550

This is the central fight on the war on terror folks. These evil people are trying to terrorize you into a war with Iran, and if it's allowed to go unchallanged you'll get your war.

This needs outrage, and lot's of it.

Mainstream media - especially rightwing MSM - should not be allowed to get away with such a huge inaccuracy.

Iranian dress code — might have done some good
By Arthur Weinreb, Associate Editor,
Monday, May 22, 2006

Last Friday, Canada’s National Post broke a story that the government of Iran had passed a law that would require its non-Muslim citizens to wear a strip of cloth on their clothing that would denote their religion. According to the report by Amir Taheri, Jews would be required to wear yellow, Christians, red and Zoroastrians blue.

Denials from Iran came fast and furious. The Iranian authorities indicated that there were proposed laws that would require proper dress for women and standard Islamic dress for men that would remove any class and ethnic distinctions, but vehemently denied that distinguishing colours would be required for non-Muslims.
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If the world could see pictures of Iran’s minorities walking the streets of Tehran wearing strips of cloth of various colours then maybe, just maybe, those who think that "Hitler" is simply an adjective to insult those on the right with, there might actually be a better appreciation of the horrors and dangers of the Nazi Germany regime. And there might be a better understanding of the present dangers that the civilized world faces from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his government.

I'm not linking to that trash. If you want to read the rest you can google a piece of the above.

People, WAKE THE HELL UP!!! This is Information Warfare someone is waging on the American People. Pure 100% fabricated information nationally distributed through a right-wing newspaper. This goes beyond propaganda - this disinformation is designed to fool people into going to war. It might also be an experiment by Military Intelligence - remember the Pentagon's announcement they were going to start doing this stuff? That may have been the only honest thing the Pentagon has told us this entire last 5 years; they held true to their promise.

The St. Petersburg Times in St. Petersburg, Florida, devoted its Saturday Editorial to this issue, decrying the new law as reminiscent to Nazi Germany. (Sorry, cannot find an online version).

I looked in yesterday's paper to find a retraction, but found none.

The National Post is being allowed to fuck us over with narry a peep from anyone.

The story is dead.

On their website they have the followup story titled "Iranian embassy denies dress code", which reports that experts are casting "doubt" on "reports" about this Jew arm-band thing.

What absolute bullshit. No responsibility for stunningly irresponsible reporting which sparked a furor all over the world.

I hope you write the St. Petersburg Times asking why they came out with an editorial on Saturday when the first reports of the story being wrong were made 5pm CST on Friday, and while you're at it ask them to demand the National Post print a retraction and apology.

the Corporate Controlled Bush Crime Family Media. On Saturday the NY.Post ran a front page." FOURTH REICH" in 3 inch type then had two full pages of lies surrounding this story. It amazes me to see how the blind faithful accept this as "truth" when in fact it's not.
Drumbeats of War escalate daily. Some say the drop dead date to attack Iran is June 7. But will it happen? The mood of America has changed. The majority of folks don't want a war with Iran.
Will Keith Oberman debunk this lie tonight/tomorrow?

I see this administration eating crow on this one..

See you Friday Harper..

than the bush junta, cause they'll be gone someday

read this: Rich Media, Poor Democracy, by Bob McChesney, for starters