Iran Cartoon of the Day: Repairing Ahmadinejad "Is a Waste of Time"
Scott Lucas in EA Iran, Middle East and Iran Friday, July 29, 2011 at 8:23 |
Earlier this week, cleric Jafar Shojouni said that the Iranian system, led by the Supreme Leader, "will repair [President] Ahmadinejad, not replace him". Cartoonist Maya Nayestani offers her perspective, as a Revolutionary Guard declares, "Repair is a waste of time."
Bahrain regime pays money to have Wikipedia's articles whitewashed
A British public-relations firm, hired by the Bahrain regime, has been carrying out white-washing of the articles on human rights abuses in the country.
Is it just me or have the articles about Gulf royals on Wikipedia been all white-washed to minimize human rights abuse issues?"
Josh said that brilliant journalism .. http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2011/12/9/syria-and-beyond-liveblog-what-will-this-friday-bring.html#1139 .. such as The Independent and bloggers Tim Ireland and Marc Owen Jones, help him to find out that a British public-relations firm, hired by the Bahraini regime, has been carrying out that white-washing. In fact ,Bell Pottinger's employees have tampered with Wikipedia entries, helping their clients by ensuring that unsuspecting readers would not pick up knowledge of the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy equality protesters and the human rights abuses committed by the regime.
The interest thing is that after persistent questioning by journalists about the issue, Bell Pottinger is starting to feel the heat. And this is what Peter Bingle, its head of Public Affairs tweeted .. https://twitter.com/#%21/PeterBingle/status/144580440924237825 .. on 7 December 7:
After a visit to Priscilla I don't really care what hostile journalists and loonies think about us. BPPA [Bell Pottinger Public Affairs] remains best in class ...
If we consider that PR firms take money from King Hamad of Bahrain, who is supported or President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, both of them are supported by US, this kind of twitting and answering the question by Bingle would be a very fair point. As a matter of fact public relations companies exist to ensure that their clients get a fair hearing whoever those clients are. However, the line is drawn for the "best in class" when promotion moves into manipulation of information for propaganda.
Bingle's tweet and Bell Pottinger's conduct have not just shown questionable morals. They have demonstrated a failure in how to do their jobs, one illustrated when staff have to get lessons from Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on how exactly to follow the encyclopedia's guidelines. In the words .. https://twitter.com/#%21/jimmy_wales .. of Wales yesterday:
Some press are now receiving a statement from Bell Pottinger that they followed Wikipedia guidlines. That is flatly false.
Bell Pottinger behaved unethically and broke several Wikipedia rules in doing so. The public record can be seen by anyone.
Bell Pottinger continuing to insist that they did nothing wrong at Wikipedia is a total farce.
So how far are people willing to sink their professionalism for money? In this case, pretty damn far. Ethics can be ignored. Personal attacks against professional journalists are self-defense.
See also .. An Overview of Religious Financial Fraud .. Balance Sheet for Global Christianity
David Barrett, editor of the World Christian Encyclopedia, and a team of statisticians have been studying religious financial fraud for more than 20 years. Barrett and his team estimate that $27 billion will be stolen by Christian religious leaders in 2009. Another sober fact: more money is stolen each year by Christian religious leaders than is spent on world missions. This crime wave is projected to grow to $65 billion in fraud annually by 2025. .. continued .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=58513524
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