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FOX ATTACKS! Iran

Posted on August 21st, 2007 by robertgreenwald

I remember very clearly the daily fearmongering led by FOX as they cheered for war with Iraq. The 24/7 images, sound effects, yelling and threatening were an ever-present drumbeat for war. We had to invade, and we had to invade now.. anyone who didn't see that was a traitor. They viciously attacked those of us who worked to get out the truth.

You'd think that with the complete failure in Iraq, those days would be behind us. Sadly, you'd be wrong.

FOX wants war with Iran.

It's almost too ridiculous to believe, but it's shockingly real. We've already compiled over 4 hours of FOX footage… the same images, sound effects, yelling and threatening that led the U.S. to invade Iraq is happening right now to sell a war with Iran. They are saying the exact same things!!

Here is the video evidence, side-by-side with what they said about Iraq.

This time is different though. We're prepared, and we have the means to alert people to what FOX is doing. Everyone has seen the terrible tragedy and the awful price paid by so many Iraqis and Americans. We know this is coming, and we can stop it.

It was about this time in the lead-up to the Iraq war when the other TV networks started following FOX's lead. As CNN's Christiane Amanpour says in the video, they were intimidated by FOX into cheerleading for the Iraq war.

WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.

This is a critical moment, and we must send a message to the major television networks urging them to ask tough questions, be skeptical, and tell us what is really happening. They must not follow FOX down the road to another war.

We've put together an open letter to the networks. Will you sign it?

Please pssst the video and forward it to everyone you know. We must raise our voices now. This is so important, we cannot let history repeat itself.

P.S. Here are some recent articles on the Iran issue:

"Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran" (Guardian)
"Prelude to an attack on Iran" (Bob Baer, Time)
Bush admin labels Iran's 125k Revolutionary Guard troops "terrorists" (New York Times)

dhrk

At least could we fellow Irish really look
into these stories of the Real IRA -now
pimping for Iran -and training "guys with
guns and bombs" -for service across the
border ----in Iraq!

I thought they'd gotten over such seedy,
sleazy antics after they blew up the WWII
war hero Lord Mountbatten and his grandchildren
in cold blood back a couple decades ago.

Keep sending them donations -ye American and
Canadian emigrants!

Wonderful bunch of people.

Right.

ccgge

I've noticed too -the ongoing campaign of
downsizing figures that are on the record.

Buchanan has done it a number of times in the case of Red China. Clearly in that biz lobby's pocket. From 70 to 30 million. See for yourself
next time.

Sadly, the commentators interviewing him -and others, never seem up to calling them on it.

Too sycophantic -too enabling I guess.

CPSPRD

----REALITY CHECK

---MORE KILLING AND HORROR HASOCCURED IN PEACETIME OVER THE LAST CENTURY THAN DURING
MOST OF ITS WARS.

30 MILLION IN 1920'S-330'S SOVIET RUSSIA.
--THIS WAS LARGELY COVERED UP AT THE TIME
-ESP. BY N.Y. TIMES RERPORTER WALTER DURANTRY.

I HAVE ALSO NOTICED -EVEN NOW -THE NYT
TENDS TO DOWNSIZE THE FIGURES DRAMATICALLY.
--TALK TO SOME UKRANIANS SOMETIME.

70 MILLION -IN MAO'S PEACETIME 'GREAT LEAP'
-AND 'CULURAL REVOLUTION'.

ONE THIRD OF CAMBODIA -IN THE HALOCAUST AFTER
AMERICA'S VIET NAM PULL-OUT.

-ONE MILLION -MURDERED BY THE VIET CONG -AFTER TAKEOVER. -OUR FRIENDS -THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND FOLKS.

-MILLIONS OVER THE DECADES SINCE THE KOREAN
WAR WAS LEFT UNFINISHED. --LARGELY IGNORED
-ESP. BY HOLLYWOOD. NOT EVEN A KOREAN WAR MOVIE
TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY.

---YEAH --ITS AWFUL. BUT IT AIN'T GOING AWAY
-AND PULL-OUT -THOUGH CONVENIENT OF COURSE
-UH ----WELL --

-DO YOU REALLY THINK FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM
-OVER TIME -AND WITH ITS COMPLETE INABILITY
TO GENERATE MODERN -OPEN -HIGH-TRUST SOCIETIES
THAT DON'T FEAR THEIR LEADERS ---WILL BE MORE REASONABLE?

THE LEFT GOT EVERY ONE OF THE ABOVE EVENTS
TRAGICALLY WRONG. INDEED -DURING THE HEIGHT
OF MAO'S NIGHTMARE -IN 68' -EVEN JOHN LENNON
WAS CALLING HIMSELF A MAOIST.

----WE SHALL SEE....

ptr3a

-Fact -AMERICA -the West -remain about the only places in the world where the people do not feart their leaders.

The muslim world -indeed the Third World -has
pretty much failed to generate anything like open
free society.

Self-basting narcissists in the comfort zone
have absolutely no clue as to how genuine the
threats from Islamic Fascism/Stalinism is.

-The same crowd that thught MAO was cool in
'68 during the Cultural Revolution -that killed
70 milion. Not much talked about -eh guys?

ptr3A

---UH ---fundamentalist nut job regimes commanding the world's oil supply IS a genuine strategic concern. If you don't think so ---then stop driving your big fat over-sized SUV's
-and living the sprawling wasteful modern suburban lifestyle.

WAR OR NO WAR -AMERICA NEEDS A PERMANENT
-NO EXCEPTIONS CIVIL AND/OR MILITARY DRAFT.
-ALL MUST SERVE. Enough with comfort zone
couch prince's calling the shots on real world
issues.

Greta

I think intellectual Americans need to connect and to unite against what is driving their country to a head on confrontation with the Islamic world . Its not only Iran its the whole Islamic world that is now totally opposing US policy in this region. There are some interesting websites that could help us get an inside picture of Iran which I think is very essential. www.ebtekarm.blogspot.com

Assuming You To Be Smarter Tha

Way down there at Rocky Lore: Iranians, though they live in the Middle East, are not entirely Jewish, nor predominantly so. Although I have many Jewish friends, and I do not consider myself anti-Semitic in the least, I question your reasoning.
Besides that, there are worse things than Holocaust DENIERS. Have you heard of neo-naziism? It is growing in America. This ENDORSES the Holocaust.
Not only are your facts wrong, your attack is wrong.

Just thought I'd let you know. ^_^

Footloose

Since when did a media corporation become a sentient -- and, I might add -- malevolent entity?

as an iranian

iran has long history.
i as an iranian hate your goverment because they ignore our vots to our goverment.
we are not terorrist but you say we are.
here we have safe society here having gun is forbidden but you .......
we respect american people but not your goverment shame on them
you american people you must judje and dont let your governers judje and decide instead of you.
you must look at IRAQ condition and judje about your goverment.

gary

Being a CEO one would think I should (or as FOX) states, I should be pandering to the right? This is exactly what FOX does. The distort and spin people into believing Democrats will tax the rich and be weak on the war.
The war is something I as a CEO worry about because it is killing business as people worry about or face the real prospect of a Republican getting in office and implementing a draft.
The right wing core running are head hunters and will keep this country at war forever. Except Ron Paul who wants to police the middle east.
I have to kids and will not subject them to war.
Think about this... If the GOP loses this election, FOX will be out of business folks. Access to the White House will be denied. Guests from the new administration would boycott them. The would basically be forced to go back to journalisim.
No matter who wins on the democratic side, if Hillary would win and select Obama to be her vice president, they would win out easily and Fox knows this, and so does the GOP.
Sorry for the vent guys, but I wanna thank Foxattacks for the hard work they put in and do for the people. You guys exposed Fox and please keep it up.
GP
NJ