CNN spreads lies against Iran, Syria: Ex-correspondent
[image: Ex-CNN reporter Amber Lyon]
An outspoken investigative journalist and former CNN correspondent has once
again stressed that the US-based network is engaged in spreading Western
propaganda against Iran and Syria.
Syria's SANA news agency quoted Amber Lyon as saying that when she was
working for the CNN, she received orders to send false news or exclude
certain information which the US administration did not approve of with the
aim of inciting public opinion in favor of launching an offensive on Iran
and Syria.
Lyon added that the mainstream US media outlets intentionally work to
create propaganda against Iran to garner public support for a military
invasion against it.
She said that the same scenario used before launching the 2003 war on Iraq
is being prepared for Iran and Syria.
Amber went on to say that both states are now being subjected to "constant
demonization" by American mainstream media.
The former reporter clarified that the CNN receives money from the US
government and other states in exchange for aligning news content with
their interests.
Last October, Amber complained that "there is constant demonization of
Syria, Iran and other countries on the US mainstream media."
She described the attitude as "dangerous to the American public because
they are not being given the accurate story and accurate picture of our
foreign policy."
Lyon also said that CNN was bribed by Bahrain's regime to censor an early
2011 documentary on its brutal crackdown on popular protests.
The former CNN correspondent produced the documentary on the brutal
suppression of nationwide protests in the Persian Gulf kingdom. Although it
was aired domestically within the US, its broadcast on CNN International
was suspiciously withheld, raising charges that the management of the
mainstream TV network had pulled the plug on the news story.
Lyon, who was "laid off" by the CNN in March 2012, also revealed that the
network gets paid by despotic regimes to produce and broadcast what she
referred to as "infomercials for dictators," saying that the sponsored
content of such pieces aired on CNN International "is actually being paid
for by regimes and governments."
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Received on Wed Apr 03 2013 - 21:28:46 EDT
