Nikahang Kowsar & Masih Alinejad

Can journalists also be political activists?

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27-Oct-2010
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Darius Kadivar

True Lies ...

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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=TicxUj93vmI

 

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Nah Gazeh, Nah Lobnan, Janam Fedayeh Iran:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNS6fyE_6CE&feature...

 

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Mardom Mazloom

مسیح علی نژاد: نیکاهنگ کوثر به جای انتقاد، لجبازی می کند!

Mardom Mazloom


برنامه پرگار که ابتدا با بحث تخصصی دو روزنامه نگار آغاز شده بود، چنان که انتظار می رفت، درپایان به بحث انتقادهای متعدد نیکاهنگ کوثر از میرحسین موسوی کشیده شد. علی نژاد اشاره کرد که نیکاهنگ می تواند یک روزنامه نگار بی طرف باشد و از سران جنبش سبز طلب پاسخگویی کند، اما به جای انتقاد، نباید لجبازی کند! او به این نکته اشاره کرد که انتقاد را می توان یک بار مطرح کرد، اما وقتی چندباره مطرح می شود، به لجبازی تبدیل می شود. علی نژاد سپس به سابقه نیکاهنگ کوثر و مهر تایید او بر ولایت مطلقه فقیه اشاره کرد و گفت :"حالا خوب است ما هر روزه این نکته را به روی شما بیاوریم و بر روی آن اصرار کنیم؟"


اره نیکی جون خوبه؟ میخواهی معروف شی بشو، ولی تورو خدا اینو به اذای نفله کردن کساییکه به جای تو, تو ایران موندند و دارند حرفی که تو اونجا نمیزنی را میزنند، نکن! نکن عزیزم، لجبازی هم حدی داره.

//baejaazeh.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post_27.html


Mehrban

DK Jaan, I do love kittens :-)

by Mehrban on

That clip is priceless.  But my point about Kowsar remains.  He is taking the easy way out.   


Darius Kadivar

Mehrban Joon I Knew I'd Find you here ;0)

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Mehrban

Kowsar is just "Correct" but not Right

by Mehrban on

He is hidding behind a simple irrefutable academic point.  Big deal.

 


Darius Kadivar

Jomhurykhaheh Reza Khany ? What is our Gavroche talking about ?

by Darius Kadivar on


Masih Khanoum Jaan ... Gorboonet Beram Amah Do Your Homework before Talking BS ...

 

 

      Even if Reza Khan was tempted by First Establishing a Republic ( à la Française) He very quickly saw the unrealistic possibility at the time of establishing such a system in a country like Iran, all the more that our Constitution was drafted from the Belgian Model of the Time which happened to be that of a Constitutional Monarchy.    
 
NOT THE FIRST TIME:Reza Shah breaks off diplomatic ties with France (1938) Constitutionalists ARE NOT Republicans ! ...
 
pictory: Bakhtiar Denounces Bazargan's Provisionary Government in exile (1979)
 
pictory: Mossadegh The Gentleman (1950's)



  HISTORY FORUM: Nader Naderpour on Iran's Constitutional Revolution and European Rennaissance (1996)

Khanoumeh Mohtaram Before Trying to Imitate Gavroche's looks and heroism or maybe tomorrow God Forbid attempt clumsily to Paraphrase him out of context from Victor Hugo's Misérables :


   
(Note Copy and Paste In Your Browser if You can't see the link)  //www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT-xFNBk1Q&feature=related  


"Je suis tombé par terre, c'est la faute à Voltaire" //www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT-xFNBk1Q&feature=related  



 
Educate yourself By Reading Voltaire:
HISTORY OF IDEAS: Ian Davidson on Voltaire's "English Exile"

à bon entendeur salut !


Gavroche:
Je suis tombé par terre, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Le nez dans le ruisseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau
Je ne suis pas notaire, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Je suis petit oiseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau

Tous:
Il est tombé par terre, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Le nez dans le ruisseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau
Si tu n'es pas notaire, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Tu es petit oiseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau

Gavroche:
Je suis tombé sur terre
Même Dieu ne sait pas comment
Je n'ai ni père, ni mère
Qui m'reconnaissent leur enfant
J'me suis fait une famille
Avec ceux qui n'en ont pas
Joyeux drilles en guenilles
Avec un cœur gros comme ça

Tous:
Il est tombé par terre, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Le nez dans le ruisseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau
Joie est mon caractère, c'est la faute à voltaire
Misère est mon trousseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau

Gavroche:
Je suis un va-nu-pieds
Mais nu, le pied va quand même
Je prends ce qui me plaît
Pour payer, pas de problème
Je fais des pieds de nez
Aux marchands et à leurs dames

Tous:
Et pour te rattraper, il leur faut plus d'un gendarme !

Gavroche:
On me connaît partout
De Clignancourt à Belleville
Je suis aimé par tous
Sauf par les sergents de ville
Je vis de ce qui vient
Et de ce qui ne vient pas
Sans savoir à l'avance
L'menu du prochain repas

Misère est mon trousseau
C'est la faute à Rousseau

On est laid à Nanterre, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Et bête à Palaiseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau
Si tu n'es pas notaire, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Tu es petit oiseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau

Tous:
Il est tombé par terre, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Le nez dans le ruisseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau
Si tu n'es pas notaire, c'est la faute à Voltaire
Tu es petit oiseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau
Tu es petit oiseau, c'est la faute à Rousseau

 


Darius Kadivar

Kowsar is Right !

by Darius Kadivar on

I agree with most of what he said in a debate which underlines the dilemmas faced by all journalists in trying to find the right balance between his personal beliefs and honest reporting.

It is never easy to draw a clear cut line between what has to be reported or not or in the way a given news or information has to be conveyed to public opinion given the impact that news could have on the course of events.

Yet like Kowsar I believe that the quest for Truth however ugly it can prove to be has to be the ultimate duty of the journalist even if it means that it could shake our own convictions and ideological preferences.

What he said about Khomeiny's real thoughts as having been hidden to public opinion and only their interpretation as conveyed by the likes of Ghobtzadeh or BaniSadre is a perfect example of how people were fooled including the likes of French Philosopher Michel Foucault who went head over heals over Khomeiny whom he described as an Iranian Ghandi.

 

I understand Masih Alinejad's youthful infatuation for the Pre Selected Green Leaders and Moussavi in particular but it should not be at the expense of fooling oneself on the true nature of the ideals he upholds and which are at odds with what the majority of Iranians I believe demand today which is Regime Change.

Moussavi and probably even more than the far more physically brave Karroubi or even the late Ayatollah Montazeri wishes to preserve the Republic and it's religious constitution.  

Now should for that matter a Journalist be Opinion less or Not Partisan particularly in defense of the voiceless ?

I Don't think so ...

La Preuve ;0)

SATIRE: I voted ;0) | Iranian.com 

LOL

Recommended Reading:

 

The philosopher and the ayatollah - The Boston Globe

  

 


opinionpost

How Rude, I just noticed...

by opinionpost on

Dar Zemn Martikeye Oghdeii:

Karikatore Khodeto bekesh, ye sar bedune Maghz, Badbakhte bimaghz 


opinionpost

Mr Kousar has it mixed up

by opinionpost on

 I feel sorry for this man,,, and history of what he is coming from...

 Remember, he is just a "Tofaleye Khameneii"..

Makes me vomit listening to his "Hypocratic Akhundi"....

 Kousar, Pls stay in your " Asle Velayat"

He wants to turn Iranian Reporters to indifferent story tellers... a PIG like himself...

 

 Ganji, ebadi, Kousar.... all same garbage  


Abarmard

Mr. Kowsar has it right

by Abarmard on

He is more trustworthy as a reporter because his concept is based on providing information with trust to his audience.

Once in high school in Iran, one of my classmate stole some equipments from that school, telling him what wrong he has done he answered: "ey baba, this is Iran, you don't do it someone else would." You have to stick to your principles and follow what's right not the situation and your interpretation of the situation.

It is a mistake to say that the news in Iran is "false". It is better to say that the news in Iran is "selective", and perhaps this can be said for most countries in the world. However what some freer countries do is to allow investigative reporting, meaning that the news agencies provide the news, the countries filter those news from those agencies, fit for their political agenda, and the reporters (may) take a step further to prove or disprove that news (or the other point of view).

 


Immortal Guard

Tip of the arrow!

by Immortal Guard on

I liked that electronic graduate Ali Amirshahi! First of all he looks really Persian. He brings a different perspective into the debate which emanates from his educational background! He talked about "redirecting the tip of the arrow" and "looking at a problem in different dimensions". That is what is needed in today's world with respect to social sciences: a multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approach to defining and understanding problems. He is using an electronic engineering approach to media communications!

Great! Maybe the next time he will mention "the tip of the iceberg"!