Comments on: Guardian Declares War on Iran http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/ Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tisdall’s Game « The Fanonite http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-6423 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:10:03 +0000 http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-6423 [...] 18th, 2007 It is only months since the Guardian’s front page was turned into a conduit for Pentagon propaganda, leading to widespread condemnation. Here it is now inflicting another load of tosh on its [...]

]]> By: Guardian's War on Iran -- Continued « The Fanonite http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3374 Sat, 26 May 2007 16:45:19 +0000 http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3374 [...] Labour rag Guradian continues its disinformation campaign against Iran with with a follow up on Simon Tisdall’s frontpage propaganda piece with a new one by neocon favorite, Robert Tait. In classic eco chamber approach, Tait follows [...]

]]> By: Freeborn http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3346 Thu, 24 May 2007 21:37:52 +0000 http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3346 What a truly pathetic newspaper the Grauniad has become.

Sounds like the occupation know they’re in for a hot summer.They,like their liberal press propagandists are a bunch of fat,idle sheisters who’ll readily bombard men,women and children from the air but get a little frightened when the people fight them on the ground.

They’re spinning because they know they’re pinned down with no way out.They have got to fight their way out and they find the prospect awesome.Iran is calling the shots!

Do we feel sorry for them? Do we f……..

]]> By: naj http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3345 Thu, 24 May 2007 20:41:49 +0000 http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3345 Say … if you were a military strategist, wouldn’t you want to take the pulse of a nation in response to a little “stimulant” you present to them on the front page of a popular paper? I call this media tool a “stupidometer.”

And the less attention the article gets, the better!

]]> By: Adnan http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3336 Thu, 24 May 2007 09:48:47 +0000 http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3336 Don’t forget to complain to the editor for publishing such blatant propaganda.

]]> By: 1, 2, 3 « Forever Under Construction http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3333 Thu, 24 May 2007 08:47:36 +0000 http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3333 [...] also Guardian declares war on Iran, and the Nah al-Bared tragedy at The [...]

]]> By: US Officials Say at Facts On The Ground http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3301 Tue, 22 May 2007 15:48:33 +0000 http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3301 [...] [Hat Tip: Fanonite] [...]

]]> By: Dave On Fire http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3299 Tue, 22 May 2007 14:17:01 +0000 http://fanonite.org/2007/05/22/guardian-does-officials-say/#comment-3299 And those unnamed official sources are the only sources! Literally the whole thing comes from them, with the exception of the following comment:
Iran has maintained close links to Iraq’s Shia political parties and militias but has previously eschewed collaboration with al-Qaida and Sunni insurgents.

Other than that, the “officials” just wrote it for Tisdall to frame with the odd “he said”, and sign it. The “liberal media” are often sickeningly pro-establishment, but this is just plain embarrassing.

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