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6. When America is under attack, Democrats rush to the aid of the enemy.
"The Journalistic Malpractice of Mainstream Reporting on Iran
A Washington Post piece published on the day of Soleimaniâs death as âanalysisâ rather than opinion asserted in its lede that war was imminent. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.) tweeted that President Trump âis leading us to the brink of war because he believes it will help his re-election.â Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), then a candidate for president, initially tempered her alarm at Trumpâs ârecklessâ decision with the admission that Soleimani was âa murderer.â After receiving criticism for this from the left, she condemned the operation as the âassassinationâ of a âhigh ranking government officialâ and opined that it would âincrease the likelihood of war.â
So why were so many invested in depicting the Soleimani killing as a cataclysmic mistake? To answer, weâll have to recall how the Obama administration sold the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran nuclear deal, to the public.
The JCPOA returned more than $100 billion in frozen assets to the Iranians and lifted a comprehensive slate of American economic sanctions. In return, the Iranians pledged to adhere to certain limits on the number of centrifuges they would install for uranium enrichment, and the amount of enriched uranium they could hold on to. Critics of the deal pointed out that the sunset provisions on the Iraniansâ obligations would at best delay Iranâs efforts to develop a successful nuclear-weapons program, and that to sign on to a subpar deal while relieving the regime of the economic pressure imposed by sanctions would be to forfeit significant leverage."
"The Journalistic Malpractice of Mainstream Reporting on Iran
A Washington Post piece published on the day of Soleimaniâs death as âanalysisâ rather than opinion asserted in its lede that war was imminent. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.) tweeted that President Trump âis leading us to the brink of war because he believes it will help his re-election.â Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), then a candidate for president, initially tempered her alarm at Trumpâs ârecklessâ decision with the admission that Soleimani was âa murderer.â After receiving criticism for this from the left, she condemned the operation as the âassassinationâ of a âhigh ranking government officialâ and opined that it would âincrease the likelihood of war.â
So why were so many invested in depicting the Soleimani killing as a cataclysmic mistake? To answer, weâll have to recall how the Obama administration sold the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran nuclear deal, to the public.
The JCPOA returned more than $100 billion in frozen assets to the Iranians and lifted a comprehensive slate of American economic sanctions. In return, the Iranians pledged to adhere to certain limits on the number of centrifuges they would install for uranium enrichment, and the amount of enriched uranium they could hold on to. Critics of the deal pointed out that the sunset provisions on the Iraniansâ obligations would at best delay Iranâs efforts to develop a successful nuclear-weapons program, and that to sign on to a subpar deal while relieving the regime of the economic pressure imposed by sanctions would be to forfeit significant leverage."
The Journalistic Malpractice of Mainstream Reporting on Iran | National Review
How the media botched the story of Qasem Soleimaniâs killing â and why.
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