Meanwhile, criminal goofs are

artappraiser — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:26:57 +0000

In reply to Iranian news agency falls for Onion story, plagiarizes it:

Meanwhile, criminal goofs are further defined:

Iran Court Finds Reuters Journalist Guilty of ‘Spreading Lies’
Associated Press, September 30, 2012

TEHRAN (AP) — A special media court on Sunday found the Tehran bureau chief of the Thomson Reuters news agency guilty of “spreading lies” against the Islamic system for a video script that briefly described a group of women involved in martial arts training as killers.

The state-owned news Web site YJC.ir quoted Ali Akbar Kasaeian, a spokesman for the court panel, as saying that the Reuters bureau chief, Parisa Hafezi , was convicted of propaganda-related offenses for a February video that initially carried a headline saying that the women were training as ninja “assassins.” Iran’s state Press TV also reported the court decision.

The Reuters headline was corrected, but it led to the suspension of the Reuters bureau in Tehran in March. Most of the Reuters staff members shifted to Dubai, but Ms. Hafezi, an Iranian citizen, was not allowed to leave Iran [....]

Iran apologizes for citing

artappraiser — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:20:47 +0000

In reply to Iranian news agency falls for Onion story, plagiarizes it:

Iran apologizes for citing Onion spoof Obama poll as fact (kinda, sorta....)
By Alastair Jamieson, NBC News, October 1, 2012

An Iranian news agency issued a bizarre apology on Monday for citing a spoof story about President Barack Obama from satirical newspaper, The Onion, as fact.

Fars, the state-backed news source linked to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), admitted mistakenly republishing an article that claimed rural Americans preferred Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Obama.

[....]

In a statement on its website on Monday, Fars acknowledged the error – but also listed a string of blunders by Western media outlets including the New York Times and the BBC.

"All media, at least those you know like the BBC, CNN, etc., have had many goofs," the statement said.

It also said that it still believed the Onion story was true.

"Although it does not justify our mistake, we do believe that if a free opinion poll is conducted in the US, a majority of Americans would prefer anyone outside the US political system to President Barack Obama and American statesmen," it quoted its own un-named editor-in-chief as saying.

The statement added: [....]

dagblog - Comments for "Iranian news agency falls for Onion story, plagiarizes it: "

Meanwhile, criminal goofs are

Iran apologizes for citing