If you are following the amazing events currently unfolding in Iran in the wake of their turbulent election, then YouTube will give you a much better sense of what is happening than the mainstream media. Yesterday, while the dramatic protests were unfolding, CNN held an extended forum on healthcare. The other cable news channels weren't much more enlightening in their coverage of events from Iran.
Where does a web surfer go to find out about the turbulence taking place there? For me, and a lot of other people, the natural gathering place for a video view from Iran is YouTube where many Iranian bloggers have been uploading their highly interesting videos some which you can see, along with a sampling of the accompanying commentary, below the fold. So turn away from those cable news networks which are only giving relatively shallow coverage of the turbulence in Iran and welcome to the Brave New World of Web video reporting from bloggers on the scene of the action.
Please don't waste this chance. Be strong, have faith, have courage and fight. Our thoughts & our hearts are with you. Please post more videos. We need to know what is happening.
I am ashamed I cannot be a part of this. I pray these brave Iranians do not let this one slide. Fight on!
Free Iran! They may try to counterfeit the election but not the will of the people!!!!! May the people of Iran fight for their freedom and win! To cherish it they must earn it! Go get it people of Iran!!!!!!
LIBERATE IRAN FROM MULLAHS!!!
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY ! ! !
This is why the U.S constitution allows us to have guns. This way, the power and control is not one sided.
My heart goes out to all the Iranians on the streets. We support you, your fight is brave. Hugs from Sweden.
Tehran - Strikes are continued - motorized police is everywhere...you see a girl trying to fight with police in this video
Protests in Tehran after election - Riot police caught by crowd
It is touching to see the protesters offer care to an injured member of the police. Fight the good fight.
UPDATE: It seems that your humble correspondent is not the only one who has noticed the rather lackadaisical coverage of the Iranian protests by the cable news networks. The New York Times is now running a story on the same theme:
Cable news normally serves as the front line for breaking news, but the channels largely took the weekend off as Tehran exploded in protests after Iran’s presidential election.
The performance of the American cable news, especially CNN, spawned an online protest by thousands on Saturday and Sunday, showing that viewers can try to pressure news organizations about their coverage in real time via the Internet. Fox News Channel and MSNBC also were said to have covered the protests in limited ways.
Protesters’ comments on Twitter were quickly noticed by CNN, which defended its coverage. The social networking blog Mashable said Twitter was acting as a “media watchdog.”
CNN had reports from Tehran throughout Saturday, including some from Christiane Amanpour, its chief international correspondent. But it did not provide the kind of wall-to-wall coverage that some had expected.
Untold thousands used the label “CNNfail” on Twitter to vent their frustrations. Steve LaBate, an Atlanta resident, said on Twitter, “Why aren’t you covering this with everything you’ve got?” About the same time, CNN was showing a repeat of Larry King’s interview of the stars of the “American Chopper” show. For a time, new criticisms were being added on Twitter at least once a second.
It was a departure for CNN, known for its breaking news coverage, including its celebrated reporting during the Tiananmen Square crackdown 20 years ago. But the Tehran protests were not covered with rolling live coverage for hours at a time.
—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.




















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P.J., Thank you so much,
Sun, 06/14/2009 - 22:50 ET by bigtimerP.J.,
Thank you so much, I am going to go through all of these.
I, too, have been more than disappointed with the msm and the coverage of what is happening over there the last two days or so.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Chris Matthews
Sun, 06/14/2009 - 23:01 ET by P.J. GladnickI wouldn't be a bit surprised if tomorrow Chris Matthews spends more time on yet another useless microanalysis on who is leading the Republican party than on the protests in Iran.
P.J. you can bet your
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 00:14 ET by bigtimerP.J. you can bet your bottom dollar on that.
What is sad, (I just got done watching all the videos) is a lot of people in this country are so spoiled, want the 2nd Amendment gone if possible, among other issues we all talk about here, that this could not happen to us...and as far as I am concerned, this is being done now, without anyone paying that much attention to what all is attempting to be done regarding our freedoms, and has already in congress, along with the JD...with O/Soros team at the wheel...what I watched is the goal, govt. having total control.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Here are some more
Sun, 06/14/2009 - 22:56 ET by R D Helmhttp://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/14/video-iranian-thugs-beat-protester...
As for the Government Controlled Media, they are essentially useless now.
-Dave
Obama's health care "reform" plan is to blow up the building in order to fix a leak in the roof-Herman Cain
I think this will be much like
Sun, 06/14/2009 - 23:35 ET by nwahsTenement Square. A I fear the same results.
http://newsbusters.org/forums/topic-discussion/post-link-your-favorite-y...
Nwahs, I was telling my wife
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 01:18 ET by USA4freedomNwahs,
I was telling my wife the same thing.
I think that maybe the way to do it is like Poland did with Lech Walesa, just go on a general strike. Shut every thing down.
I don’t think that there is any way these brave people can stand up against the thugs (and their army/police with firearms).
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty.When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason forthe people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." ~ Thomas Jefferson
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
You'd think the Libs and
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 00:23 ET by stratmanYou'd think the Libs and Leftists would be thrilled at the non-coverage - Gil Scott-Heron was finally correct:
(sarc/off)
I hope the protesters snuff out the ruling corrupt theocracy with the same vengence that Ayatollah Kakamami and Imadinnerjacket and his cohorts snuffed out the Shah and Persian life in the 1970's.
A fitting end to Iranian totalitarianism and thuggery.
What a shame/sham Obama does not have the vision or intestinal fortitude to speak out in support of the protesters. There is nothing to lose - the mullahs will never willingly bend to America - and everything to gain - kindred freedom loving people.
If Done Right
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 02:45 ET by someloudthunderIf done right it could get rid of the filth that occupies run-down sections of towns & cities like drugs dealers, gangs and all the other criminal scum.
This is not a failure on
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 04:36 ET by jdhawkThis is not a failure on the part of the government owned media in our country. This is their purpose. They welcome dictatorships. They clamor to them. They always giving them favorable coverage. Let me count the ways:
When have you heard a cross word from a reporter providing a story about the murderer, Castro?
When have you heard a cross word from a reporter providing a story about the thug, Chavez?
When have you heard anything but favorable reporting about the brutal dictatorship of China? Did you even know it was a murdering repressive dictatorship?
When have ever heard our reporters call these so-called presidents and so-called prime ministeres their real names: brutal murdering thugs with no mandate from their citizens whatsoever except a tiny minority that they serve.
When have you heard anything but sympathetic stories about Palestinians when it is Israelis that lie awake at night waiting for the next missile to crash into their children's bedrooms and blow them to pieces. They go about their daily lives fear stricken that the pizza palor, the bus, the ice cream stand will be wiped off the face of the earth along with their loved ones by a witless souless Humas terrorist laden with explosives.
Remember the video footage of Palestinians that attempted to implicate Israelis in atrocities and the protests from the news agencies first that they weren't authentic and then that they had been caught passing off bogus crap as news.
This is the state of "reporting" in the so-called western democracies, today. The government owned media is not just worthless, but working for repression of our freedoms and our liberties. It is a leftist propaganda machine of the first order that touches 50 to 60 millions of us daily through print, TV, magazines, and radio.
Well Stated
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 17:29 ET by mbs6Kudos for a well written post. I completely agree.
A conservative believes in putting his money where his mouth is. A liberal believes in putting your money where his mouth is. -- mbs6
P.J., it is terrific that
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 04:53 ET by jdhawkP.J., it is terrific that you brought this to our attention. Nevertheless, I am fearful that these very same videos, unless events favor the protestors, will be used to implicate, interrogate, torture, incarcerate, and kill these Iranians that yearn for the freedom and liberties that we take for granted in the USA.
Meanwhile, the protests here in the United States ought to be just as vociferous toward this administration as it is toward our government owned news. They have given the protestors no encouragement whatsoever. In fact, the rumor is that Obama will meet with whoever "wins" this election no matter that the election was stolen. The "vaunted" Secretary of State is doing what again? Is nothing a position? Maybe billary will stomp her feet as she is doing over the increasing threat of nuclear terrorism from N. Korea. Yeah, that will show'im.
Fight on Brave Iranians...
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 05:18 ET by NavyBuckeyethose of us who know what is really going on support you. We know "you" don't hate us or any non muslim. Fight on.....all it takes is a few to get the guns....then the state police will be in trouble....
This elections smells of BS...staged and fake BS. Sort of like what ACORN is trying to pull of here (and got away with in over 13 states).
"You see Obama is going to tax those not paying taxes...those making over 97,000 dollars ayear. Once you make that much you don't pay taxes...he's going to make them pay. And I will finally get a break." -My mom who is on welfare and food st
Iran II
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 06:49 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsNotice the police are using equipment that says, in big letters, POLICE. Must be equipment leftover from the Shah's regime. Can't afford new stuff.
As to CNN's lack of coverage, if someone had told them Cindy Sheehan was there, they would have covered it.
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POLICE I thought the same
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 10:41 ET by SickofLibsPOLICE
I thought the same thing. Or maybe they think its more intimidating than if it was in their delicate "Squirrelyque" script.
I'll being watching for black "FBI" and "DEA" vests, too.
And is anyone
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 09:42 ET by Tom in NCAnd is anyone here truly surprised by this?
jessieH Just what I
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 10:55 ET by jessieHjessieH Just what I expected from the MSM. U-tube shows the whole picture, not just the hand picked sound bites.
jessieH
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 12:49 ET by jessieHjessieH Everyone in the UNITED STATES should watch this, because this could be US within two years.