On Iran Policy, America Is Not ‘the World’
When reporters talk about what “the world” thinks about Iran, they really just mean the United States.
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When reporters talk about what “the world” thinks about Iran, they really just mean the United States.


When US journalists talk about what “the world” thinks of Iran’s nuclear program, it’s important to remember that they’re not usually talking about “the world”– just one very powerful part of it.


It would be good to hear why the interview the NewsHour announced with two NSA whistleblowers never made it to the air.


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez might be excused for harboring some hard feelings towards a government that helped to try to overthrow him.


It’s no secret that U.S. media outlets don’t have much love for left-wing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. A PBS NewsHour segment (10/5/12) just ahead of the recent election showed just how far you could go. Correspondent Ray Suarez opened by calling the election “a watershed moment for the world’s second-largest oil-producing nation and a critical supplier […]

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