• perestroika@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Sadly, Iran has not been “tolerable to the media” in recent times.

    (Example: a few months ago, their courts were discussing whether to sentence a rapper named Tataloo to death for “corruption on earth” - singing about the wrong things.)

    Since they are now in war, media freedom in Iran is probably under the table.

    • IcyToes@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      In the UK they were not a problem. Not even discussed until Israel attacked and now they’re scrambling to paint them as the biggest evil to retroactively justify the attacks.

      Media freedom is rubbish in Iran. They’re not good guys. However, media is silent on the number of journalists Israel has killed recently, and no, they’re not allowed in Gaza, so the threat of death and lack of freedom seems to apply to the aggressors also.

      In reality, they should be clearly communicating this is 2 bad guys fighting this out. It’s obvious who the aggressor is who kicked off another front though.