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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago

Deference to these brave moderate rebels who have sacrificed so much for US empire.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

Its cool man were not gonna rape and murder our women anymore you can totally trust me and ignore my history of raping and murdering

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

No shit, the moderate rebels might actually behead her otherwise

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So I think by reading the comments I understand the context here.

A CNN reporter, Amanpour, was going to interview the Iranian President. The president demanded the female wear a head scarf. The CNN reporter declined because she is a strong independent woman or something, so the Iranian president didn't show up. This same reporter then interviewed a former member of ISIS/Al Qaeda, and now suddenly she is wearing a headscarf. However for some reason interviewing this Al Qaeda member while wearing a headscarf is more important then whatever principles she supposedly has?

The implication is that she had no intention of conducting a good faith interview of the Iranian President at all. Is this correct?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the gist of it, although it's a different CNN report in the second interview I think. Clearly, CNN can find reporters who will wear a head scarf if they actually want to.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yea lack of glasses probably a different reporter. But the fact that it is a different reporter shows that CNN could have accommodated the Iranian Presidents demands if they wanted to, then the fact that they accommodated the al qaeda guy shows it was never about the head scarf or Islam or anything like that.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

The second reporter could also be Muslim?

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What is the gap in time between these?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

The date is right in the first pic, it's from September 2022. The second just happened days ago.

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No shit? I'd wear whatever the fuck the dangerous "former" rebel wants me to.
Life doesnt suck enough to have that much of a death wish.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Or CNN could've just not given an interview to a terrorist. Crazy idea I know.