On 9/5/06, Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sep 5, 2006, at 11:53 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi quoted the official Iranian news agency, as if a state press release service were useful for anything but the authoritative text of government documents:
I quoted it, because NPR, AP, etc. based their reporting on what they say they read on IRNA: "the official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during a meeting with a group of students" (at <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5767368>). Perhaps the MSM shouldn't have quoted IRNA, since it is nothing but "the authoritative text of government documents"?
> It sounds like the ones who are really dying to see a purge of liberal > and secular professors from Iranian universities are the Western MSM, > and since they can't find one, they have to invent one. Gee, it sure sounds like your Persian prince wants certain objectionable profs to be relieved of their duties. Do the words in quotes not really mean what they seem to mean?
It sounds like you are also dying to see a purge of liberal and secular professors from Iranian universities. Don't get disappointed if it doesn't happen. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
