Thursday, January 28, 2010

Perfect example of SPIN: CHANGING STORIES

Ha!! Caught RED handed, the CBC has now not only removed the original story (below) but changed the headline too!!

Here's what is there now:

"Conflicting reports have emerged over the execution of two Iranian men after state media claimed they were hanged for their role in protests related to the controversial presidential elections in June.

Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi told state TV the two men were convicted by a Revolutionary Court of belonging to "counter-revolutionary and monarchist groups," plotting to overthrow" the Islamic establishment," and planning assassinations and bombings.

He said the two confessed during the trial, but did not mention of the post-election protests in connection to the case.

Rahmanipour's lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, told The Associated Press the 20-year-old Rahmanipour was arrested in April, before the June election, on the charge of membership in an armed opposition group, the Royal Association of Iran.

Iran's English language channel, Press TV, said the two also had a role in the 2008 bombing of a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz.

But state TV reported that the two were executed "in the wake of the rioting and counter-revolutionary and anti-establishment acts of recent months."

Dowlatabadi did announce that five people have been sentenced to death for their involvement in the demonstrations on Dec. 27, in which at least eight people were killed in clashes between police and protesters and hundreds arrested.

He said nine people in total have received death sentences for their involvement in protests.

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to decry the election results and voice support for opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Many believed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won the election by fraud.

Dozens of protesters were killed in the unrest and hundreds have been detained since June. Tehran has faced international condemnation for cracking down on the protests"


More spin of course, but I guess someone got a tap on the shoulder to tone down the blantent propoganda!! I hope my post there made someone take notice.

Original posting:


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Iran executes 2 activists
Last Updated: Thursday, January 28, 2010 | 5:16 AM ET Comments0Recommend0
CBC News


Iran has reportedly executed two men for their role in protests that broke out after the controversial presidential elections in June.

Iranian media reported the two were hanged for trying to topple "the Islamic establishment." They would be the first known executions of opposition activists related to the post-election unrest.

The men, identified as Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour, were also convicted of membership in armed opposition groups.

According to reports, 14 activists have been sentenced to death for their role in the post-election protests and more then 80 have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from six months.

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to decry the election results and voice support for opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Many believed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won the election by fraud.

Dozens of protesters were killed in the unrest and hundreds have been detained since June. Tehran has faced international condemnation for cracking down on the protests.
With files from The Associated Press

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/01/28/iran-execute.html#ixzz0du3a9a6x

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From Press TV:

Iran executes 2 for deadly bombing

"Iran executed two people who were convicted of carrying a deadly bombing in the southern city of Shiraz in 2008 that killed 13 civilians.

Tehran's Prosecutor's Office said Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour were hanged on Thursday morning, Iran's Students News Agency reported.

The two were members of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran, an obscure monarchist group that seeks to reestablish the Pahlavi reign in the country.

The group has been involved in a series of terrorist attack in the country.

The deadly Shiraz bombing claimed the lives of 13 people and left more than 200 Iranians wounded in April 2008."


Another Link

Another one linking one of the accused to the Shiraz bombings

Even the BBC mentions the bombings!

See the difference??

6 comments:

Penny said...

Amazing isn't it maggie?
but how many people will check out multiple news sights to crosscheck the story being told?

Besides you, me and a handful of others?

And this is how and why people are ignorant and duped.

Magdelena said...

It made me mad.

Again.

Grrrrr.

Penny said...

WE are mad everyday then, eh?
Wait, let me GRRR with ya!!!
Hell one more for the road

Grrrrr.....

Magdelena said...

Hee Hee...

>:[

LOL and yes reading the news daily does make one mad! (Now which kind of mad - or is it both?)

Doug Plumb said...

I just depend on what is posted on blogs like yours and Penny's, a few others and a few web sites like Rense and PrisonPlanet for the news. I use RadioLiberty for more in depth issues, and interviews with people like Catharine Austin Fitts. But mostly I know whats going on and read banking, law, psychology and philosophy to try and get a deeper understanding of why.

I think we have reached an endpoint in what we do as truth tellers and truth seekers. People want to know "what can we do ?". This is the question I get asked and I have always answered "spread information, tell your friends, make copies of movies and give them away". But that has been done - anyone who wants to know knows.

But now I am thinking, "what could be ?" What if all these criminals end up in jail, what do we do ? The populations are so dumbed down and uneducated that we may not be able to figure that out. I am one of the un-educated but I am trying to change that.

People that do blogs such as your or Pennies and the chronicalers of today, this work is useful, but other things need to be done. We need to dig down and get a deeper understanding of banking, law, economics, psychology and political philosophy.

No one can do it all.

Magdelena said...

Hi Doug,

You're right, Penny and I are chroniclers (sp???!). Penny is much better at it than I since I am rather lazy at times.

I think what needs to be done is to find alternatives to what we have now - problem is NO ONE wants to talk about them. Look how they treated Ron Paul during the campaign - yet now he's interviewed all the time on the msm as a sole voice of reason regarding monetary policy (esp the Fed).

It would be great for smaller towns to set up their own 'barter' systems, perhaps even their own 'trading' systems - this can and would impact on the power of banks.

We can also pay more attention locally to what is going on - attend the boring meetings, shout and scream and fill your rants with facts! Let others know they aren't alone.

I think alot of people are fed up with it all, what is needed are leaders - true leaders and true revolutionaries. (Like Dr. Paul)