Iran To Launch English-Language TV Channel

Satellite Channel Wants To Counter Western Media's Influence

(AP)  Iran's state broadcasting company is launching an English-speaking satellite TV channel to counter the West's influence in covering news, the television's web site says.

The 24-hour PRESS TV news channel said its goal was to "break the global media stranglehold of western outlets," and "show the other side of the story" in the Mideast.

The English-speaking network has 26 correspondents around the world and is due to launch on July 2, Mohammad Sarafraz, the vice president of Iran's state broadcast company, told reporters.

Sarafraz accused western TV channels of being biased against Middle East nations and of spinning the news the way the U.S. government wants.

He said that "under the pretext of combating terrorism," the U.S. government had used the September 11 terrorist attacks to "legitimize its invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq."

In the wake of these events "the western media have been trying to distort the news about the Muslim world," Sarafraz said at a press conference in Tehran last week to launch the new TV channel.

"So, we thought of setting up an English-language news channel to counteract the lies of the western media," he said.

[mikeyde1]

Bush has attacked Iraq and stirred more terror, and made 1.3 billion muslims hate US andc even think of Al-qaida as good people, while befre the war on Iraq most muslims hated and feared Al-Qaidea, now congratulations, 1.3 billion of us are pro-terrorisim, and what is amazing is the fact that the alleged war on terror in iraq has been lost, attacks by alqaida in iraq are doubling each day, and news for you, the actual number of US death toll is well over 27,000, don't believe me, ask The Time British newspaper, and Christian Science Monitor, a terrorist leader speaking to Aljazeera months ago said US troops report less than one tenth of the actual numbers, I could go on.... 28,000 new troops from Korea, Kuwait, and Qatar have been moved to Iraq, despite the fact that they are supposed not to... simply because they are replacing the dead ones, do the math Johnny Abi Zaid, said his troops face 88 attacks per day, make half of those suucessful, make half of em resulting in deaths, then the actual number is at least 20 per day, for the record Al-Jazeera airs at least two IEDs exploding in an American humvee or tank, that is ten soldiers right there! yet for some reason we never hear american media saying anything!! they say one injured maybe? bottomline, this war has created a universal disaster for all,

[rushman71]

singinrick: That was a good one! Keep it up and continue to spread the Word! It is sad that so many people in this world in recent times neglect the truth that has been around for thousands of years. They believe that science is proof and only believe in "theories". People can see but are blind; can hear but are deaf. Tsk, tsk, tsk... What a shame.

Now, back to My Name is Ishmael...lol

[tbweb]

j-whitman,,,

Too bad all the innocent civilians the Islamic extremist blow up everyday with their suicide bombers won't be able to watch and learn too! Too bad all the prisoners the Islamic terrorist capture who never see the light of day again won't be able to watch and learn either. Finally, too bad all the people whose heads the terrorist chopped off on web video won't be able to watch and learn as well. Not to mention the 36 people just killed in that Baghdad Hotel meeting for peace and the recent bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra! No target is off limits to the Islamic terrorist suicide bombers, no religious site or person, no civilians, no kids, nothing, any and everything is fair game and a target! You tune in and listen to their garbage, I'll pass!

[j-whitman]

They could use an English Language TV Channnel in Palestine also.....
. To many Americans & Christofascists have no concept what they have been going through for the last 60 years....
. It is the source of terrorism against the West & people should listen & learn..

[j-whitman]

patriotic9,,, Singinrick couldn't care less about what's going on..
. Today Generals say Iraq army can't do the job nor thier police & more senior republicans tell Bush to change course in Iraq ------- The surge has failed & so has Bush's so called War on Terror.

[patriotic9]

Are you that full of hatred that you can't laugh??

Laugh buddy laugh!
Posted by singinrick at 07:00 PM : Jun 26, 2007

Singinrick,
Only a CHRISTIAN ENEMY of United States like you can laugh on the dead bodies of GOD-NEGLECTED AMERICAN SOLDIERS who are losing their lives every day by my TAX DOLLARS and I can't do anything to stop that.

Bush, Cheney and his rest of fellow Christians like yourself who unprecedently support Bush just like they unprecedently support the GOD-CHOSEN ENEMIES OF THE GOD'S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, failed us so bad in this war that the catostrophy seems to be irreversible.

[tbweb]

"The western media have been trying to distort the news about the Muslim world,"

LOL

What is there to distort? Taking hostages for ramson? Firing hundreds of rockets into Israeli cities, chopping peoples heads off on the web, suicide human bombers, suicide car and truck bombers, blowing up kids playing soccer, revenge raping Islams enemy women, blowing up innocent civilians daily, advocating wiping Israel off the map, sentencing people in the Porn industry to death without a trial, whew! I need to take a break, this is too much! So again, what is there to distort? Islam is doing very well all by itself by example, how the hell does Islam and this new news channel plan to spin this? Its un-spinnable! You can't spin insanity!!! I can't wait to see the commercials, chopping the weather persons head off for getting the weather wrong! Extreme fanatical Islam needs no distortion thank you!

[cattlekate]

I wonder if Murdoch will try to buy this new mdedia outlet?

The US Congress, did, after all, cowtow to his desire to increase his US local-market share to 39%. And now it is even higher.

[j-whitman]

Imagine the game of Hangman with these guys ---

Ahmadinejad - Words of Mass Destruction
Bush - Words of Mass Deception.

[j-whitman]

Good,,, Now the 'Decider' can change his rhetoric from "Weapons of Mass Destruction" which there is no proof of exixting to --- "Words of Mass Destruction"

[patriotic9]

Singinrick,
You again failed to prove me wrong with valid reasons whcih again proves my point and proves the falsehood of PSYCHOSIS "CHRISTIANITY".

I repeat myself again.

Do you support PSYCHOTIC CHRISTIAN "BUSH' in giving our TAX DOLLARS in the name of REBUILDING IRAQ and our WEAPONS in the name of ARMING IRAQI SECURITY FORCES to an IRANIAN BASED ISLAMIC RADICAL "MALIKI" for the killing of our finest men and women in uniform?

Do you support CHENEY in trensferring the HEAD OFFICE and CEO of HALLIBURTON to UAE, DUBAI (A country whose ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS were eating Lunch with OSAMA BEEN-FORGOTTEN when Sir Bill Clinton planned attack against him)?

SInginrick
Since, you can't come up with valid reasons to prove me wrong, show some integrity and denounce the animosity of CHRISTIANS and CHRISTIANITY against UNHOLY LAND "UNITED STATES" and GOD-NEGLECTED "AMERICAN".

[patriotic9]

patriotic9,

Seriously man, your anger worries me.

You really should consider getting it checked out.
Posted by singinrick at 05:51 PM : Jun 26, 2007


Singinrick,
You again failed to prove me wrong with valid reasons whcih again proves my point and proves the falsehood of PSYCHOSIS "CHRISTIANITY".

I repeat myself again.

Do you support PSYCHOTIC CHRISTIAN "BUSH' in giving our TAX DOLLARS in the name of REBUILDING IRAQ and our WEAPONS in the name of ARMING IRAQI SECURITY FORCES to an IRANIAN BASED ISLAMIC RADICAL "MALIKI" for the killing of our finest men and women in uniform?

Do you support CHENEY in trensferring the HEAD OFFICE and CEO of HALLIBURTON to UAE, DUBAI (A country whose ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS were eating Lunch with OSAMA BEEN-FORGOTTEN when Sir Bill Clinton planned attack against him)?

[patriotic9]

"Iran recognizes American liberals as their friends, and will be rewarding them with and Iranian English language tv station."
Posted by singinrick at 01:08 PM : Jun 26, 2007

Singinrick
Thank you so much for proving my point that

CHRISTIANITY is PSYCHOSIS and CHRISTIANS are PSYCHOTICS

Do you think that Iranians' # 1 friend "PSYCHOTIC CHRISTIAN BUSH" who is giving US TAX DOLLARS in the name of "REBUILDING IRAQ" and US WEAPONS in the name of "ARMING IRAQI SECURITY FORCES" to an IRANIAN BASED ISLAMIC RADICAL named "MALIKI" for the killing of US Troops deployed in Iraq, is a LIBERAL?

Do you really think that PSYCHOTIC CHRISTIAN "REAGAN", who gave MONEY, WEAPONS and MILITARY TRAINING to OSAMA BEEN-FORGOTTEN was a LIBERAL?

Just like your god who had choosen those who deny his son as a MESSIAH and accuse "MARRY" of fornication and neglected those who loved JESUS, all of you CHRISTIANS are truely PSYCHOTICS.

[rushman71]

infidel_us: And don't leave out:
My Name is Ishmael
Iran's Got Talent
Thank Allah Your Here
Iran's Most Wanted
Jahannam's Kitchen
CSI: Tehran
The Knights of Fatwa
Desperate HouseNikahs

[rushlimpdrug]

Most popular short running series on the channel:
"I was a suicide bomb for jih. .

[infidel_us]

"Iran to launch English-Language tv channel so that can channel their lies to America's far left liberals"
Posted by singinrick at 12:42 PM : Jun 26, 2007

LOL....good one!!!! And so, so true. Far left, left, liberals, and democrat/green party politicians. Losers one and all.

[infidel_us]

Yes, we will offer many english language shows such as:

Off With His Head
Cooking With Hamas
Whose Your Favorite Martyr
Wheel of Islam

and after the kids go to bed.....

What's Behind My Burka

[prinzowhales]

It will be nice to be able to get the news straight from Iran--rather than filtered through the Mossad's Middle Eastern liars at MEMRI who give mistranslations to the spreaders of lies in the mainstream media to poison us against those who practice Islam...rather than from the Israel-first promoting finance capitalist who own and run the mainstream media.

[Syndicate]

What Lies? The lie that Irans supresses freedom of the Press? The Lie that Iran Respects Women? The lie that Islam is a peacful religion?