It’s hard to believe what Americans saw on TV this week. One of the biggest cable news channels in the country just handed four whole minutes of airtime to Iranian state propaganda. Not a single interruption. Not a tough question. Just four minutes straight of an Iranian regime mouthpiece, now calling himself Supreme Leader, spewing whatever message he wanted right into American living rooms.
This isn’t journalism. It’s surrender. When did our media decide that the voice of Iran, a country that chants “Death to America,” deserves a cozy spot on primetime? There wasn’t even a shred of skepticism from the network. They treated this like the inauguration of a First Amendment hero, not a hardline dictator taking over one of the world’s most dangerous regimes.
Liberals claim to hate authoritarianism, but when it comes out of Tehran, they nod along. Maybe it fits their agenda. After all, the globalist elites never seem to mind if America’s enemies get a platform, as long as it drives ratings and pushes the right political narrative. You can bet they’d never give an unfiltered speech to conservative voices in this country—unless it was to tear them apart.
Let’s remember who this new “Supreme Leader” really is. He’s next in a line of brutal rule, leading a country that jails dissidents, funds terror, and threatens our allies. The people of Iran don’t get to have their voices heard—not on their state television and not anywhere else. Yet, here in America, our own media bends over backwards to give him a megaphone. This isn’t “diversity of perspectives.” This is weakness, plain and simple.
No wonder Americans are sick and tired of the mainstream media circus. Maybe someone should remind them whose side they’re supposed to be on. Are we watching news—or a live feed from Tehran?
Source: Washington Times
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