What’s wrong with this picture? I’m going to make it easy for you to play along and put some of the text into boldface. See if you can pick out a pattern.
Bombs Kill Six in Southwestern Iran
Nezam Molla Hoveizeh, a Khuzestan lawmaker, alleged Tuesday’s explosions were the work of Iranian Arab separatists who have offices in London and are supported by Britain.“The bombers are directed by the British. Britain is the main culprit behind the blasts. The British government offers financial and material support to these terrorists,” he told The Associated Press.
Iran has repeatedly accused Britain of provoking unrest in Khuzestan, which borders that part of Iraq where 8,500 British soldiers are based as part of the U.S.-led military coalition.
Tensions between the two countries have also flared recently over Britain’s opposition to Iran’s resumption of nuclear activities. The United States suspects Iran has ambitions of producing nuclear weapons and Britain supports moves to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council, which could impose sanctions. Iran says its nuclear program is for producing energy.
Britain has also accused Tehran of allowing Iraqi insurgents to receive explosives technology that has been used to attack British soldiers. Iran denies those allegations.
Arabs make up less than 3 percent of Iran’s population, and most live in Khuzestan.
In April, residents of Ahvaz rioted for two days after Arab separatists circulated reports the government planned to decrease the proportion of Arabs in the province. The government denied the claim.
Have we all picked up on the bias here? Three times, the writer deflects charges against Iran by saying that Iran denies them. Three times. And yet, the AP is fully comfortable printing garbage like this
Iran has repeatedly accused Britain of provoking unrest in Khuzestan, which borders that part of Iraq where 8,500 British soldiers are based as part of the U.S.-led military coalition.
without a single quote from a British source. No rebuttal. No, “Britain denies the charges.”
What media bias?
I’ve seen the similar bias in their reporting on Iraq and Palestine. Perhaps they fear their on the wrong side of the fence, and are sucking up to the Muslim world. Gotta love “fair, accurate reporting”