{"id":1946,"date":"2010-05-08T11:49:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T19:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2022-04-02T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T04:12:17","slug":"why-i-appreciate-press-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1946\/why-i-appreciate-press-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I appreciate Press TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20141230222208\/http:\/\/www.salem-news.com\/stimg\/may072010\/presstvnewslogo.jpg\" alt=\"Press TV\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/kziabari\/\">Kourosh Ziabari<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 8, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Following the eruption of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/solidarity-rallies-call-for-end-to-abuses-in-iran\/\">political unrest<\/a> and turmoil in Iran which lasted for several weeks after the reelection of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12, 2009 presidential elections, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.com\/\">Press TV<\/a>, a 24-hour English-language TV network run by Iran\u2019s state broadcaster, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190208095145\/https:\/\/www.irib.ir\/English\/\">IRIB<\/a>, came under the fire of harsh criticism by British media outlets, including <em>The Guardian<\/em>, the <em>Daily Telegraph<\/em> and <em>The Times of London<\/em> because of what they considered to be a \u201cviolation of neutrality\u201d by the network.<\/p>\n<p>This seemed to be simply a retaliatory act against the Iranian statesmen\u2019s explicit condemnation of the UK\u2019s <em>BBC<\/em>, which they alleged provoked rioting and insurgence in a turbulent Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years and since it was launched in 2007, I\u2019ve been a regular follower of both <em>Press TV\u2019s<\/em> website and TV channel. Primarily, I admire the efforts of this Iranian news network, which strives to function as the \u201cpodium of justice\u201d and \u201cvoice of the voiceless.\u201d Those who are familiar with the media atmosphere in Iran unanimously admit that <em>Press TV<\/em> is the most professional and unbiased outlet, at least among the state-funded media.<\/p>\n<p>However, the tradition of calling <em>Press TV<\/em> a state-run or state-funded agency is a propagandistic technique that the western mainstream media have adopted collectively. Whenever citing something from <em>Press TV<\/em>, American and British mainstream media state the fact that the network is funded by the Iranian government simply to cast doubt on the veracity and legitimacy of the source they\u2019re citing. This is the fallacy of \u201ccircumstantial ad hominem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To illustrate, <em>France 24<\/em> can be accurately called the French equivalent of Iran\u2019s <em>Press TV<\/em>; it\u2019s funded by the state with an initial budget of \u20ac100 million and conventionally follows the theoretical line of the French government. Nevertheless, a Google search for the term \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=Lw&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;as_q=&amp;as_epq=state-funded+France+24&amp;as_oq=&amp;as_eq=&amp;num=10&amp;lr=&amp;as_filetype=&amp;ft=i&amp;as_sitesearch=&amp;as_qdr=all&amp;as_rights=&amp;as_occt=any&amp;cr=&amp;as_nlo=&amp;as_nhi=&amp;safe=images\">state-funded France 24<\/a>\u201d returns just 253 results while \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=FHq&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;q=%22state-funded+Press+TV%22&amp;cts=1273346511221&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=&amp;aql=&amp;oq=&amp;gs_rfai=\">state-funded Press TV<\/a>\u201d returns 11,600 pages, an indication of the familiar exercise of double standards by the corporate media who rule hearts and minds.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who has customarily traced <em>Press TV\u2019s<\/em> trajectory, I do have my own reasons to defend this new-born media hub which has seriously called to challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220402225430\/https:\/\/www.rt.com\/\"><em>Russia Today<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/\"><em>Aljazeera English<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw-world.de\/\"><em>Deutsche Welle World<\/em><\/a>. Despite my disagreement with some of its policies and stances that I\u2019ve found objectionable and lopsided, especially in the post-election turmoil of Iran, I generally appreciate <em>Press TV<\/em> for what it has achieved so far and what it\u2019s trying to realize.<\/p>\n<p>Although <em>Press TV<\/em> is not available to the majority of Iranians who have been legally dis-entitled to own dish antennas to watch global satellite channels over the past three decades, it should be domestically admired for the esteem and value it gives to Iran\u2019s cultural heritage and artistic treasures. In contrary to the majority of Iran\u2019s state-run and non-governmental media outlets, which do not spare even minimal coverage for Iran-related cultural events and accomplishments, <em>Press TV<\/em> has been a major source of news features and reports on Iranian arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p><em>Press TV<\/em> prevalently runs reports on the concerts, exhibitions, lectures, ceremonies and festivals which Iranian artists hold around the world, honorably introducing award-winning Iranian scientists, cartoonists, filmmakers, writers and scholars who accomplish something extraordinary in their field of endeavor. This comes while the rest of the Iranian media seem to be worryingly afraid of Iranian culture, arts, and science as they pervasively shun these popular areas.<\/p>\n<p>While the Iranian people might not otherwise find a simple exposure of their country\u2019s innumerable historical, architectural, and archeological sites in the national media, <em>Press TV<\/em> commendably acquaints its global audience with the priceless heritage of Iranian civilization.<\/p>\n<p>Politically, I appreciate <em>Press TV<\/em>, because by the end of the day, it generally preserves its impartiality and sheds a light on a number of issues which the international community universally neglects. I believe that it could have performed more objectively in the aftermath of Iran\u2019s 2009 presidential election, especially in reaction to the demonstrations of Iran\u2019s dissident citizens. However, <em>Press TV<\/em> realistically has fulfilled its promise to serve as an outlet that exhibits the bitter realities that the mainstream media otherwise overlook.<\/p>\n<p>Take the case of the Holocaust and those who are in denial of it. I\u2019m not a history expert and thus keep aside from the controversy, but I categorically believe that no one should come up with an excuse for the relentless massacre of millions of people whose lives a Nazi regime considered to be insignificant and dispensable. However, the very fact that a growing number of Holocaust deniers such as Horst Mahler, Fredrick Toben, Gaston-Armand Amaudruz, Wolfgang Frohlich, Herbert Verbeke and David Irving have been put in jail for simply expressing their viewpoints, even if what they believe is contradictory to the standards of western society, suggests that there\u2019s something wrong with the right to \u201cfreedom of speech\u201d and the way it is interpreted. <em>Press TV<\/em> has successfully shed a light on this contradiction.<\/p>\n<p>As another example, during Israel\u2019s 22-day nightmare offensive against the Gaza Strip, while reporting favoring the offender encompassed the global mainstream, <em>Press TV<\/em> conducted interviews with prominent figures who were somehow involved in the conflict and aired footage which no other TV channel had dared broadcast, giving a glimpse into the victims\u2019 point of view.<\/p>\n<p>The best conceptual accomplishment of <em>Press TV<\/em> has been the revelation of intolerable double standards that certain governments exercise. <em>Press TV<\/em> screens critics and scholars that the mainstream media have long boycotted. Its effort to give them a voice thwarts all of the efforts that have been made to cover up the other sides of stories, especially in the Middle East, and this has outraged some who cling to the double-standard of free speech discussed above.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation that <em>Press TV<\/em> serves as the \u201cmouthpiece of Iranian government\u201d deserves scrutiny. Every media outlet around the world endeavors to satisfy its owner and serve\u2014or at least not undermine\u2014its interests, especially when the owner is a government. <em>Press TV<\/em> is going to grow professionally, and become more like an Iranian BBC. I personally oppose <em>Press TV<\/em> serving as a mouthpiece for any power, including the Iranian government; however, the problem is that we don\u2019t know of any international news outlet that doesn\u2019t often serve as a mouthpiece for its respective government.<\/p>\n<p>Recent pressure on <em>Press TV<\/em> also transmits a clear message to officials in Tehran complaining of the double standards of Washington, London and Paris, while themselves rejecting free speech. Once Jon Leyne of the<em> BBC<\/em> was expelled from Tehran on charges of \u201csupporting the rioters\u201d in the post-election crisis, Iran should have expected <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/\">Ofcom<\/a>\u2019s retaliatory reaction three months later: they\u2019re now pondering the renewal of <em>Press TV\u2019s<\/em> London headquarters. This would be an unfortunate consequence of Iranian government officials\u2019 decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The allegation that Press TV serves as the \u201cmouthpiece of Iranian government\u201d deserves scrutiny. Every media outlet around the world endeavors to satisfy its owner and serve\u2014or at least not undermine\u2014its interests, especially when the owner is a government. Press TV is going to grow professionally, and become more like an Iranian BBC. I personally oppose Press TV serving as a mouthpiece for any power, including the Iranian government; however, the problem is that we don\u2019t know of any international news outlet that doesn\u2019t often serve as a mouthpiece for its respective government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7095,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,19,17],"tags":[1077,210,1076],"class_list":["post-1946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-opinion","category-politics","tag-alternative-media","tag-mainstream-media","tag-press-tv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why I appreciate Press TV - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1946\/why-i-appreciate-press-tv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I appreciate Press TV - Fog City Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The allegation that Press TV serves as the \u201cmouthpiece of Iranian government\u201d deserves scrutiny. 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