Doug Ross @ Journal

The Mediacrats hit Bottom - then find new Sub-basement

It's possible you missed this story, because last I checked it hadn't been reported in the States:

TEHRAN (AFP) - Under pressure over its nuclear programme, Iran flaunted its ballistic missiles and warned any nation considering attacking the Islamic republic would face a “destructive and fiery” response. On show at an annual military parade on Thursday were thousands of troops and a range of hardware including six of Iran’s Shahab-3 ballistic missiles - which sported banners saying “Death to America”, “We will crush America under our feet” and “ Israel must be wiped off the face of the earth”.

Yep, no story there. It's hard to blame the Mediacrats: it doesn't exactly jibe with their worldview. You know, that evil doesn't exist and child-slaughtering terrorists are "insurgents".

Meanwhile, back in the real world, GlobalStrategy and other analysts:

...predict that Iran could acquire a nuclear weapon as early as 2006. As of mid-2003 the CIA reportedly assessed that Iran was two or three years away from developing nuclear weapons. IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei told Der Spiegel 21 February 2005 that if Iran was determined to have nuclear weapons - as the US believes it is - it was “likely to have a bomb in two or three years”.

Just what you want to hear from a country threatening to wipe the US and Israel off the face of the planet.

And, in keeping with the status quo, the EU remains as useless as a 'Michael Moore Weight-Loss Program': "Europeans Drop Harsher Stance on Iran." And the IAEA -- another stellar component of the UN -- executes a bold strategy: it "adjourns."

So while even the slowest of the slow -- I mean, the cadre known as "international journalists" -- have finally been tasered into realizing what a nuclear Iran means for Europe, the mainstream US media has been out to lunch. And that's putting it kindly.

Consider this article from ABC News. It describes the Iranian nuclear situation using the headline, "Europeans Drop Harsher Stance on Iran." And it doesn't bother to mention the whole "crush America" and wiping Israel "off the face of the Earth" bits. I don't know about you, but I think most Americans might like to know who's threatening to kill them and their families.

But the Mediacrats don't think it's newsworthy. So, yes, you heard that right. While even "International Journalists Doubt Iran’s Nuclear Program Is for Peaceful Purposes," the American mainstream media seems as though it's purposefully withholding critical information from the American public.

Choo!! Choo!! Welcome aboard the clue train, "International Journalists." Now, if only the Medicrats would step onto the platform.

Actually, to be fair, it's only that most international journalists have gotten on board. There are exceptions, like the Beirut, Lebanon press:

...if safeguards can now be established, it is unrealistic to deny Iran the rights [to have nuclear weapons] that are extended to every other country in the global community...

Last time I checked, no other member of the nuclear contingent was threatening to wipe... entire countries off the face of the Earth. But maybe I'm just the overly sensitive type.

Meanwhile, the Mediacrats -- the US media and the Democratic Party leadership -- can't be bothered reporting on "low interest" stories. Like Iran's promises to light the Middle East on fire.

It reminds me of this hilarious MSNBC headline: "In media, truth is the goal, but how to get there?" Yes, indeed. How do we get there? Perhaps... by telling... the truth? Americans can only dare to dream.

Just when you think the Mediacrats have hit bottom, they fall through a trapdoor into a whole new sub-basement.