"Voice of Iran" Coming to a TV Near You!
Press TV, Iran's English-language satellite news network, will start broadcasting globally on July 2. The "Voice of Iran" promises "to present a new perspective to its viewers around the world," said Mohammad Sarafraz, Iran Broadcasting Deputy Director for International Affairs. Read the full article here.
Planning to provide news reports every half hour around the clock, Press TV will focus on developments in the Middle East and US and provide analysis of current events throughout the world. Rejecting criticism that Press TV will be an Iranian Aljazeera, Sarafraz said that a more balanced view of world events is needed than the biased view provided by Western news organizations.
It will be interesting to see what Press TV considers to be a balanced view of the news. While it may not turn out to be as blatantly biased as Aljazeera, given the self-serving statements of Iranian officials, I doubt that the world can expect Press TV to be a fair, dispassionate news source.
Planning to provide news reports every half hour around the clock, Press TV will focus on developments in the Middle East and US and provide analysis of current events throughout the world. Rejecting criticism that Press TV will be an Iranian Aljazeera, Sarafraz said that a more balanced view of world events is needed than the biased view provided by Western news organizations.
It will be interesting to see what Press TV considers to be a balanced view of the news. While it may not turn out to be as blatantly biased as Aljazeera, given the self-serving statements of Iranian officials, I doubt that the world can expect Press TV to be a fair, dispassionate news source.
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