The Media Is Exactly Who We Thought They Were

With a few honorable exceptions.

An as-of-yet unnamed producer texted a reporter in the field to "not focus" on the Iranians celebrating the death of Khamenei. He (or, likely, she) wanted to play this as tragedy and portray the strike as a war crime.

The reporter refused and said he'd focus on the celebrations.

A CBS Austin reporter was seen on a live Facebook stream appearing to get a directive from a superior to steer away from a pro-Israel, pro-US and pro-Trump protest behind him -- and then refusing to go along with the instruction on camera.

Vinny Martorano was outside the Texas Capitol on Saturday covering dueling demonstrations in the wake of US and Israeli strikes on Iran when a crew member handed him a phone with a message from an unnamed boss.

After reading the screen, the reporter asked out loud, "What does that mean?"

An off-screen staffer answered, "It means they don't want us to focus on this."

"Well, I am," Martorano shot back, continuing his coverage.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns CBS Austin, insisted Martorano had not been instructed to avoid certain perspectives.

"[S]tation management directed the crew to follow our standard protest and rally safety and coverage guidelines, remain on the perimeter, gather necessary content, complete the live shot, and move to a safe location," a Sinclair spokesperson told The Post in an email.

"There was no directive to avoid or de-emphasize any particular perspective," the spokersperson added. "The guidance was focused on safety, logistics, and ensuring comprehensive coverage in a rapidly evolving situation. The safety of our teams is top priority."

The moment was clipped down to roughly 35 seconds and quickly went viral as it got reshared by conservative social media accounts.

CBS, now controlled by Perfidious Jewess Bari Weiss, did allow some truth to escape:

CNN's Dana Bash was stunned into silence as a Democrat Iranian woman told Democrats they had to "get over" their hatred of Trump and cheer the fall of the Islamic dictatorship:

On Fox, an Iranian said flatly that the left is, as they always have been, "on the side of the terrorists."

But overall, the media once again sided with terrorists and butchers while praising themselves as Holy.

ABC couldn't wait to report the false claim that the US (or Israel) had bombed a girls school in Iran. In fact, the school was hit by an Iranian missile whose engine had conked out.

This was, of course, an exact carbon-copy replay of the same hoax the Islamic Republic's proxies in Gaza had pulled two years ago. And once again, the Terror Press was only too happy to spread these lies for their terrorist allies:

The CBC ran actual Iranian state propaganda photos to show how Sad! Iranians were over the death of Khamenei.

Likewise, Reuters ran video of Iran "protests" -- just the state-sponsored protests in favor of the Mullahs. They did not run video on the jubilant celebrations of Khamenei's death.

The NYT gave Khamenei the Austere Religious Scholar treatment:

Rita Panahi had a different take:

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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