Presenting Iran’s 2012 U.S. Election Coverage
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There’s something genuinely striking about watching the Iranian press condemn the mechanics of U.S. democracy; charging that voter suppression is rampant, that third party candidates don’t get enough airtime. Third party candidates are treated unfairly? Iranians, recall, live under a veritable dictatorship. And their last elections suffered from among the most blatantly widespread voter fraud in recent history.So I’m curious; is the angle here that “real” democracy is a sham, too? Like, vote-casting citizens are a bunch of idiots anyways, so just be glad the Ayatollah’s making the calls? Be glad your nation isn’t in the hands of people who don’t even know what the hell is going on? Or is it just an opportunity to mock Americans; is the Iranian audience supposed to scoff along?Who knows. It’s bizarre. I will tell you this; I’ll be turning to Iran Press TV whenever I need up-to-date contemptuous coverage of how moronic tyrannical regimes think America is.