CNN Grasps at Straws: Uh . . . Missing Supreme Mullah is GOOD for Iran! Yeah, yeah, that's the Ticket!

[Seymour Flops]

Iran’s new supreme leader is nowhere to be seen. That might be helping the regime to survive​

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/middleeast/iran-supreme-leader-intl

You have to scroll to the very, very last two paragraphs of the story to find out how losing your supreme leader could actually be a good thing.

For now, Iran’s new supreme leader, a man used to operating from the shadows, is serving a useful purpose for the country’s veteran politicians.

“Attributing views to him even if he doesn’t necessarily agree with them is a good cover for Iranian negotiators to protect themselves against criticism,” Vaez said. “There’s no countering from a man who is missing in action.”

Leave it to CNN to quickly understand the benefit of being able to falsely attribute statements to a national leader. They should teach the iranians how to say "sources with reason to know how the supreme leader thinks say . . . "

 

[Lockback]

The mainstream media is absolutely shameless. I hope to see them all go belly up someday. Simply horrible people running a sham operation and probably compromised to boot.

 

[marvin martian]

Iran’s new supreme leader is nowhere to be seen. That might be helping the regime to survive​

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/middleeast/iran-supreme-leader-intl

You have to scroll to the very, very last two paragraphs of the story to find out how losing your supreme leader could actually be a good thing.

For now, Iran’s new supreme leader, a man used to operating from the shadows, is serving a useful purpose for the country’s veteran politicians.

“Attributing views to him even if he doesn’t necessarily agree with them is a good cover for Iranian negotiators to protect themselves against criticism,” Vaez said. “There’s no countering from a man who is missing in action.”

Leave it to CNN to quickly understand the benefit of being able to falsely attribute statements to a national leader. They should teach the iranians how to say "sources with reason to know how the supreme leader thinks say . . . "

CNN will literally do ANYTHING to serve their Russian masters.