http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/20..._n_1218607.html

 

Whether you agree with Press TV or not, to take it off the main Satellite broadcasting is, I feel, a pretty outrageous act, and is being done under the caveat of a supposed "administrative discrepency" with regards to the licence.. OFCOM seems to be objecting to ultimate editorial control being in Tehran.. But, as the report rightly points out, this is the model that Fox News, CNN, Al Jazeera, Russia Today, France 24 and others operate, obviously their ultimate editorial control is not going to be in London, is it..? And the licence was granted in 2007, so why wait this long to bring this up now..? It seems to me that Press TV is being singled out just because they are Iranian, and, well, let's face it, with all the sabre-rattling and military build up going on in the Gulf right now, we might be at war with Iran later on in the year if the war-pigs in Washington, the Pentagon and Israel get their way. So, it seems pretty obvious to me, U$rael doesn't want anyone to hear the other side of the story.. Yet again... I mean, if we are going to be bombing the crap out of Tehran, it simply wont do to hear the point of view of the people we are bombing, will it...? We certainly never heard the Iraq war from the perspective of the Iraqis did we....? And there has been precious little heard in the Western media of Iraqi voices ever since. Another factor is supposedly the unpaid £100,000 fine, but why was this fine levied in the first place..? Because OFCOM didn't like the fact that Press TV interviewed someone whilst they were in prison. Even though this person has gone on record saying that they wanted the West to go to war with Iran.. I'm really sure the likes of Fox News or CNN would show incredible restraint in similar circumstances if it was someone who made public statements saying that Iran should bomb the US...

 

I think a lot of US/Israeli Govt arm-twisting has gone on here to basically muzzle Press TV..

The fundamental discrepancy here is, as George Galloway rightly points out, if Press TV is editorially controlled in Iran, why was Press TV Ltd in London fined? And, if editorial control is in London, then why's it been taken off the air...? Ofcom has some serious explaining to do here, because their reasoning is flawed....