CNN spreads lies against Iran, Syria: Ex-correspondent

[Hasbara Buster]

CNN spreads lies against Iran, Syria: Ex-correspondent

Ex-CNN reporter Amber Lyon

An outspoken investigative journalist and former CNN correspondent has once again stressed that the US-based network is engaged in spreading Western propaganda against Iran and Syria.

Syria’s SANA news agency quoted Amber Lyon as saying that when she was working for the CNN, she received orders to send false news or exclude certain information which the US administration did not approve of with the aim of inciting public opinion in favor of launching an offensive on Iran and Syria.

Lyon added that the mainstream US media outlets intentionally work to create propaganda against Iran to garner public support for a military invasion against it.

She said that the same scenario used before launching the 2003 war on Iraq is being prepared for Iran and Syria.

Amber went on to say that both states are now being subjected to "constant demonization" by American mainstream media.

The former reporter clarified that the CNN receives money from the US government and other states in exchange for aligning news content with their interests.

Last October, Amber complained that "there is constant demonization of Syria, Iran and other countries on the US mainstream media."

She described the attitude as "dangerous to the American public because they are not being given the accurate story and accurate picture of our foreign policy."

Lyon also said that CNN was bribed by Bahrain's regime to censor an early 2011 documentary on its brutal crackdown on popular protests.

The former CNN correspondent produced the documentary on the brutal suppression of nationwide protests in the Persian Gulf kingdom. Although it was aired domestically within the US, its broadcast on CNN International was suspiciously withheld, raising charges that the management of the mainstream TV network had pulled the plug on the news story.

Lyon, who was "laid off" by the CNN in March 2012, also revealed that the network gets paid by despotic regimes to produce and broadcast what she referred to as "infomercials for dictators," saying that the sponsored content of such pieces aired on CNN International "is actually being paid for by regimes and governments."

Hanif Dostlar Ana Sayfa: Cebrail Vahiy Melek

 

[asianamerican]

CNN spreads lies against Iran, Syria: Ex-correspondent

Ex-CNN reporter Amber Lyon

An outspoken investigative journalist and former CNN correspondent has once again stressed that the US-based network is engaged in spreading Western propaganda against Iran and Syria.

Syria’s SANA news agency quoted Amber Lyon as saying that when she was working for the CNN, she received orders to send false news or exclude certain information which the US administration did not approve of with the aim of inciting public opinion in favor of launching an offensive on Iran and Syria.

Lyon added that the mainstream US media outlets intentionally work to create propaganda against Iran to garner public support for a military invasion against it.

She said that the same scenario used before launching the 2003 war on Iraq is being prepared for Iran and Syria.

Amber went on to say that both states are now being subjected to "constant demonization" by American mainstream media.

The former reporter clarified that the CNN receives money from the US government and other states in exchange for aligning news content with their interests.

Last October, Amber complained that "there is constant demonization of Syria, Iran and other countries on the US mainstream media."

She described the attitude as "dangerous to the American public because they are not being given the accurate story and accurate picture of our foreign policy."

Lyon also said that CNN was bribed by Bahrain's regime to censor an early 2011 documentary on its brutal crackdown on popular protests.

The former CNN correspondent produced the documentary on the brutal suppression of nationwide protests in the Persian Gulf kingdom. Although it was aired domestically within the US, its broadcast on CNN International was suspiciously withheld, raising charges that the management of the mainstream TV network had pulled the plug on the news story.

Lyon, who was "laid off" by the CNN in March 2012, also revealed that the network gets paid by despotic regimes to produce and broadcast what she referred to as "infomercials for dictators," saying that the sponsored content of such pieces aired on CNN International "is actually being paid for by regimes and governments."

Hanif Dostlar Ana Sayfa: Cebrail Vahiy Melek

Anyone with a brain would know this already. The Western media is in lockstep on everything. Most of the foreign news by Western media are fake and written with ulterior motive.

 

[Syrian Lion]

western media is full of propaganda, the sad part that Americans fall in the trap and believe everything, Americans are controlled by banks and media....

 

[Silverblaze]

The reason one should analyze is that why does the western media act like this.

Tariq Ali suggests that the reason is the fall of communism. Before 1989, the western media was much better because they had a point to prove. Now its not the case.

But still there are some westerners who are brilliant and well aware of the false and needless adventuresome their govts indulge into which is actually damaging their own countries.

 

[ChinaToday]

Nothing new in this we all know the west will do anything to get oil , stealing lying killing you name it america will do it

 

[canadian icehole]

Here's an interesting article from a former MSM reporter: Why I quit my job

...TV news is a curious medium. You don’t always know whose interests are being served – or ignored. Although bounded by certain federal regulations, most of what you see in a newscast is actually defined by an internal code – an editorial tradition handed down from one generation to the next – but the key is, it’s self-enforced. Various industry associations hear complaints and can issue recommendations, or reward exemplary work with prizes. There are also watchdogs with varying degrees of clout. But these entities have no enforcement capacity. Underneath this lies the fact that information is a commodity, and private TV networks are supposed to make money. All stations, publicly funded or not, want to maintain or expand their viewership. This is what I’ll call the elephant in the room.

Consider Fox News. What the Murdoch model demonstrated was that facts and truth could be replaced by ideology, with viewership and revenue going up. Simply put, you can tell less truth and make more money...

 

[Hasbara Buster]

Anyone with a brain would know this already.

Not really, most people in the world actually don't know.