Iran: The Latest

A well done podcast until they dip into editorial opinion.

The telegraph has a lot of resources, and the potential to be a truly great journalistic product. Unfortunately, you only have to listen for about 30 seconds to detect the extreme pro-totalitarian anti-democracy nature of their coverage. These are leftists who find little to no fault with the anti-democratic forces of the world, and focus all of their biased propaganda-like reporting on attacking the United States and other democracies.

I really enjoy this podcast and the sharp analysis and variety of guests. But it does seem to have a definite pro-Iran, pro-China, anti-US slant. The hosts and guests sometimes appear to have a certain glee in recounting what they see as a series of catastrophic failures on the part of the US. Aside from the fact that much of current media seems to be in the business of rushing to judgment and reaching premature conclusions, my understanding of journalism is that it should aspire to present the full picture of what’s being covered, including opposing views or opinions. Maybe the hosts could have some pro-US or at least more neutral guests on in order to provide a more complete picture of what’s happening.

Generally good but we gotta moderate some of these people. The woman on 19 Aug who gave 10 minutes of disclaimers of how she couldn’t speak for all 90 million Iranians. Just shut up and answer the question. Why tolerate such bloviated responses?