The media promotes lies about Iran just as they did about Iraq

How the media creates conventional wisdom about justifications for war:

In the case of Iraq...

“Among those knowledgeable about Iraq there are few, if any, who believe he is not hiding such weapons. It is a given." (Woollacott, The Guardian, January 24, 2003)

versus

“If anyone had cared... to study what UNSCOM [arms inspections in Iraq from 1991-1998] was saying for quite a number of years, and what we [UNMOVIC] were saying, they should not have assumed that they would stumble on weapons.” (Hans Blix, Arms Control Today, June 16 2003)

 
ANd repeated in the case of Iran....

"Mr Ahmadinejad's fiery talk goes down well at home, and the stand-off with the United Nations, and in particular with the United States, over Iran’s nuclear-weapons programme continues." ( A winter of Iran’s discontent? Economist, UK, Jan 18, 2008)

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"I don't see any evidence in IAEA official documents about this," Yukiya Amano told Reuters in his first direct comment on Iran's atomic program since his election, when asked whether he believed Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons capability. (Amano, Reuters, Fri Jul 3, 2009)