[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: How dumb are Iran's propagandists?

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How dumb are Iran's propagandists?
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   To prove that "Western reports about mass emigration of Iranian Jews
   are "lies spread by the Zionist hegemony." , the Iranian propaganda
   outlet [1]Press TV used this spoof image (created by the brilliantly
   satirical website People's Cube) to prove that [2]reports of 40
   Iranian Jews emigrating to Israel [3]was false.

   [4]iranlovesjews 

   From Press TV's article [5]"Iranian Jews reject emigration report"

     The Iranian Jewish community has dismissed fraudulent reports
     claiming the organized secret emigration of 40 Iranian Jews to
     Israel.

     In a Wednesday statement the Jewish community denounced reports by
     foreign news outlets on the mass emigration of Iranian Jews
     describing it as a misinformation campaign.

     âConsidering the Jewish community's comfortable living conditions
     in Iran and its deep common cultural roots with the followers of
     other religions in the country, Iranian Jews would never consider
     organized emigration,â the statement declared.

     Moris Motamed, the representative of the Jewish community in the
     Iranian Parliament and Siamak Mare-Sedq, the chairman of Tehran's
     Jews Assembly said propaganda campaigns against Iran would never
     manipulate the Jewish community.

   A few days later, PressTV realized that they were caught
   propagandizing,.lying and manipulating the Jewish community. They
   replaced the image with something less absurd. The People's Cube, wise
   to the ways of propagandists, expected them to do that. They made [6]a
   screen capture of the photo and article "for historical purposes."

   From the Peoples Cube [7]open letter to the Islamic Republic of Iran

     Dear Iranian Mullahs! While our satirical website and your
     Propaganda Directorate deal in the same trade of making up facts
     and exaggerating reality, we are different in that we can recognize
     a spoof - but you apparently can't. On Dec. 27, 2007 you used our
     spoof image on your propaganda website to illustrate a "true"
     statement that Jews are welcome in Iran and that Western reports
     about mass emigration of Iranian Jews are "lies spread by the
     Zionist hegemony."

     The spoof image in question first appeared in 2005, in our parody
     called Israel Dismantles; World's Problems End, which revealed the
     absurdity of demands to dismantle Israel, with various nations,
     including Iran and Germany, celebrating the return of their
     long-missed Jews.

     It gets better. Our Iranian friends tell us that the original
     Farsi-language placard says "Nuclear power is our absolute right,"
     which means that you, dear Mullahs, used that image as a propaganda
     tool to advance your nuclear program - so you could threaten and
     maybe even annihilate the Jews in Israel. In our spoof, we changed
     the message of the placard to the complete opposite, making it
     appear improbable. To be fair, your story about Iran's love for the
     Jews was just as improbable, so it would seem only logical to put
     them together. It would, we repeat - if your goal were to publish a
     self-parody. That wasn't your intention, however. You only did it
     because you didn't know better.

     Let's call it self-inflicted poetic justice.

   The People's Cube wonders why the Mullahs and their supporters didn't
   get the joke. Could it be because [8]Khomeini outlawed humor?

   Expect a heartfelt article from the Daily Mail describing the
   [9]heartbreak and humiliation suffered by Iran's propagandists.

   But seriously, we have to wonder, why does the news of Iranian Jews
   emigrating to Israel provoke such an hysterical reaction?

References

   1. http://www.presstv.ir/
   2. http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archive/2007/12/escaping-iran/#comments
   3. http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=36450&sectionid=351020101
   4. http://brain-terminal.com/posts/2007/12/29/iran-loves-jews
   5. http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=36450&sectionid=351020101
   6. http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/IranPressTV_600.jpg
   7. http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=1657
   8. http://hangrightpolitics.com/2007/02/10/islam-vs-the-western-world/
   9. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=492864&in_page_id=1770