iran could attack the united states next year some way we look at how u.s. mediais playing a major role in stirring up fears over iran despite officials in washington and getting there is no proof tehran is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb. and is a u.s. soldier accused of passing classified secrets to wiki leaks gets charged in court we see how some lawyers think they're wrong person is being prosecutor stay with us . wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. the official t. hopefully cation your pod touch from the dumpster. lights on the good. video on demand. an r.s.s. feeds now with the palm of your. on the dot com. thanks for staying with us here on our teeth thirteen minutes past the hour in moscow and hierarchy in rhetoric from israel and western powers seems

the media war on iran in full swing in the u.s. leading a third of americans to label the islamic state as their nation's biggest enemy and nearly half to support military action against iran. and the face of proven in london we find out how the man tipped to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british authors and filmmakers less than a fortnight before russians head to the polls. two pm in moscow i met tries a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the future of the syrian crisis will be the focus of a meeting between u.s. european and arab nations opening in tunisia today the so-called friends of syria group is expected to discuss new measures to cripple the assad regime which they blame for nearly a year long bloody hell and in the country russia and china refused to attend the meeting moscow says the group is biased in its attempts to settle syria's internal conflict by ignoring the role of armed opposition groups in the bloodshed in which thousands have died meanwhile washington is repo

give me your sense of the u.s. media after 9/11 vis a vis the muslims, and then how they covered the egyptian uprising, the obama administration, the government, hillary clinton, have you think about them, but just talk about the media, how they handled 9/11 and the uprising. >> at the end of the day, the immediate intentionally or unintentionally, you know the prophecy. you play sort of a role in what happens next, so by framing, after 9/11, by framing that muslims and they are responsible, and i understand there had been some people saying that that is not islam, that is some extremists, but the focus on the original engine of those who did the attacks but did definitely biased a lot of the people, a lot of the people against islam and muslims, which, you know, i hope would not have happened, and during the uprising time, i think the media took a much better sense of the government. in tahrir square, covering the events. unfortunately, we have a regime that does not mind killing people as long as it is off the record a

russia and china when it comes to how to handle syria and it seems to be the same story in the u.s. media today amid the name calling and finger pointing are some of the facts being overlooked are these honest explains. well it's getting serious in syria i mean very serious the syrian crisis at a peak diplomatic tensions flying high the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here as american officials switch on the traditional approach of dealing with regimes they just don't like assad is crazy he's a brutal dictator reese killing his own people this is the same narrative we heard about gadhafi the media is right there to echo whatever spin is presented by those in power well how disgusted are you. disgusted richard they had then a fight with people in power they echo what those people say secondly they don't look too closely at the facts and information war kick started as russia and china refused to stand behind america's position many of chanting russia is killing our children after a veto of the russians

u.s. diplomats that are mounting a strongly worded attack on syria's government the media is missing the mark again promoting american meddling in the middle east but failing to explain how u.s. interests are involved we'll explain. and be careful what you put on the internet these days you never know who could be watching your every move chances are big brother is monitoring of you and that internet chokehold isabel to get a whole lot tighter very soon we'll explain. thursday feb sixteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. . well just moments ago the u.n. general assembly passed a resolution that condemns the assad regime in syria the west and several arab countries are calling for the syrian leader to step down blaming him for the brutal crackdown and the deaths of over five thousand people now today's vote in the general assembly is mostly a symbolic one while it is non-binding it does send a strong message that reflects world opinion today's vote comes after china and russia vetoed a similar resolution in the u.n. security council a move which has infuriated

government and the u.s. media rally against wiki leaks. where leaked all those state department documents to the wiki leaks website he's a traitor and should be executed or put in prison for life as you may know classified information is now floating around the globe courtesy of the traitor and this is typical website which is based in sweet i'm not here to make a final judgment but to me new york times has committed at least an act of bad citizenship and whether they've committed a crime i think there's a very intensive inquiry by the justice department. now i've pointed out many times while you might not agree with the methods of wiki leaks or the personality had to tell legal attacks on this organization have impacts on journalists all across the country because guess what they to rely on government leaks take a case of james rising for example last spring the new york times writer and author of the book state of war was subpoenaed to testify at the trial of jeffrey sterling former central intelligence agency officer sterling was indict

press ought to play it and quickly last i just want to ask you how this kind of coverage in the u.s. media is affecting public perception of what is going on and syria. well you know ordinary people were very busy we don't have time we don't have the historical background the perspective to understand what all of these things mean to understand that syria is run by a minority. shiite faction in a predominately sunni country that they're aligned with iran against saudi arabia that saudi arabia faces its own poorly covered revolt by in a shiite or oil raising really region these are the big questions and these are really the things that the public doesn't hear about and they need to hear about it because otherwise what we're experiencing is a tremendous kind of mass migration from one viewpoint to another purely based on these very deliberate and calculated propaganda campaign press thanks for coming on the show that was ross baker founder and and editor. who what why dot com. well still ahead on r t want to buy you the land two if by sea but america's greatest threat might not be by either

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being smuggled into syria from turkey well who who is providing this arms nobody's asking in the u.s. media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this as the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to lobby its interests on capitol hill arms manufacturers are some of the biggest companies in america there are some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they making so much for the defense department around the world there are federal contractors and many other levels there are going to vote in elections this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit marina point ny r.t. new york. now according to chinese media we're getting reports that iran has sent fifteen thousand of its a little revolutionary guard troops to help maintain order in syria and let's discuss this further with professor saeed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran joining us live now from lebanon i thank yo

talking about your relationship with off my debts out what does that say to you about the role of u.s. media. well it's the role the media played in the build to the iraq war i mean my father's done a good job of trying to point this out in his documentaries for example on chavez and castro trying to get the other person's point of view across why can't you know rather than trying to vilify the guy why don't you at least hear his point that's the nature of dialogue that's the nature of diplomacy but if we're trying to be become an empire and act as an empire would in terms of forcing policies down a sovereign nations throat then this is exactly a trajectory that we're following as far as the holocaust by the way i mean i'm not trying to say that in a way i agree with anyone who denies the holocaust but over the japanese still don't acknowledge their holocaust of the chinese in southeast asians from world war two and they've they've been our great trading partner you know since since we dropped the bomb since forty five so the question is you know it's obviously not a question of principles a

> translator: china hopes xi's visit will dismantle a kind of distorted image of china that the u.s. media has built. >> reporter: xi may have a tough time doing that. organizers have restricted access to the media and no press conferences are planned. >> about 250 tibetans took to the streets in washington. they criticized the chinese government for its crackdown on ethnic tibetans. the demonstrators marched to the white house. they shouted anti-china slogans on the called on the president to express his support for tibet. >> i want president obama to know that he should seize this historic opportunity to put the strongest pressure on jingping to stop the atrocities in tibet. >> people in ethnic tibetan regions have died in clashes with police. monks have burned themselves to death in protest. >>> another opponent of china's government says president obama should pressure xi over the detention of prodemocracy activists. a dissident writer is seek political asylum in the united states. >> translator: a peace prize laureate himself, president obama should press vice president xi to release

are being smuggled into syria from cherokee who was providing this arms nobody's asking in the u.s. media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this as the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to lobby its interests on capitol hill arms manufacturers or some of the biggest companies in america they're some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they make it so for the defense department around the world they're a federal contractor and many other levels are going to vote in elections this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit arena what ny r.t. new york. russia has been trying to mediate a peaceful solution to the syrian conflict for months and wants to host talks between the warring sides but one middle east expert told r.t. that to negotiations will be hard to bring about as long as the syrian opposition is rallying for regime change. bashar assad after the meeting wit

are being smuggled into syria from cherokee who was providing this arms nobody's asking in the u.s. media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this is the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to lobby its interests on capitol hill arms manufacturers or some of the biggest companies in america they're some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they making so much for the defense department around the world their federal contractor and many other levels are going to vote in elections this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit arena what ny r.t. new york. you're watching r t greece is at a standstill once again people venting their anger at more planned cuts which he is demanding in return for vital funds public transport and other services have been disrupted by the unions two day strike protesters in athens are clashing with police throwing stones and molotov cocktails

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russia and china when it comes to how to handle syria but it seems to be the same story and the u.s. media today amid the name calling and the finger pointing are some of the facts being overlooked aren't these honest explains well it's getting serious in syria i mean very serious the syrian crisis at a peak diplomatic tensions flying high the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from feeling our sole purpose here as american officials switch on the traditional approach of dealing with regimes they just don't like assad is crazy.

keep in mind, as we all know today, facebook reaches more people than any other u.s. media outlets combined. a great way to distribute our content. they do some of the work for all of us. it's a very and continues to be a world where everybody is competing with everybody. the best story usually wins. this is good for us as a quality content provider and as a new player. >> thank you, peter. >>> ted, you work in the technology and entertainment business and you're very skilled in your personal use of social media and public outreach. for those of you who don't know ted has over 20,000 followers on twitter. anyone interested in following him can sign @ tedleonsis. i have much less than that so suffer twitter envy. what you do in the sports and entertainment area, one of the things i think you do especially well is you talk to fans but you also listen to fans. i'm also curious your views about how technology enables two-way communication and how that affects the way you do business. >> thank you. it's an honor to be here. it's really interesting the brookings institute kind of

chinese vice president's been touring america this weekend hailing ties between the two countries the u.s. media aren't quite as positive after vilifying the communist country which holds more than a trillion dollars of american dad in his coffers but for the white house business comes before public opinion as art has guided to count reports from washington. what a better way to celebrate valentine's day than with a partner who lends you money nonstop provides you with cheap labor and host of thousands of your factory to the remarkable development of china u.s. relations america's love for china would be boundless if not for the growing fear of it these guys around for us and the end of it and looking for ways to have it to work to harm us i want to be china i want to go to war with china and make america the most attractive place in the world to do business menacing and vilifying china are typical for political campaigns in america these days like these she sat down and delegate go after death to our floor to do it and that is how our great empire rose again. it's not too late to stop this nigh

u.s. media's on whether there is a legitimate debate or not david pleasure to have you on the show as always that was david swanson campaigner for roots action. well today the senate held a hearing to address what the u.s. views as a worldwide threats from the rising power of china to cyber war to concerns over iraq's nuclear program the u.s. is finding much to fear these days it was once al qaeda considered to be america's top threat but today it seems iran is what scares the u.s. the most this despite iran and even top u.s. military leaders coming out and saying the country is not building a nuclear bomb i spoke with former cia analyst ray mcgovern about the increasing fear mongering in the u.s. involving iran and his opinion i asked him whether these fears are justified. it's a synthetic stoking of fear. you use the word and the word synthetic you know he may know an elaborate and i know you are true if you look at the polls seventy percent of the american people believe that iran already has a nuclear weapon that's exactly the same percentage of people in two thousand and two who were pe

sharky well who who is providing this arms nobody's asking in the u.s. media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this is the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to lobby its interests on capitol hill arms manufacturers are some of the biggest companies in america there are some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they making so much for the defense department around the world there are federal contractor and many other levels of elections this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace while arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit marina point ny r.t. new york. well for more on this we can talk to curtis doebbler he's activist and international human rights lawyer joining me in geneva while the free syrian army is split over whether it wants to claim responsibility for those latest attacks in the syrian city of aleppo what it turned us about the lack of unity in the the ranks of the opposition. well

u.s. media's approach to iraq's crisis in fallujah ten years ago which saw american soldiers fighting with the government and against militant forces. still to come people first is a day of mass protests across the e.u. with tens of thousands rallying against austerity and economic hardship in paris five major unions organized a massive march to pressure brussels to tone down its austerity stance and instead focus on pro growth policies in the capital prague thousands of students are protesting against long planned but controversial university reforms even in the bureaucratic heartland of the e.u. thousands gathered to demonstrate against brussels insistence that cuts are the only way to financial. correspondent tom bowman is in athens with more on what's expected there. this iconic building behind me it's not become an icon for particularly good reasons but in the fretful parliament behind me and in the streets around that had been so full of ferment a day of protests today not a surprise a lot of people across the country in public sector unions there are doctors out on the street at the

vice president has received a warm welcome in washington during his tour of america however the u.s. mediahas been less positive promoting a menacing image of the communist country which holds more than a trillion dollars of american debt but for the white house business comes before public opinion as artie's guy netaji can reports what a better way to celebrate valentine's day than with a partner who lends you money nonstop provide.

turkey well who who is providing this arms nobody is asking in the u.s. media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this as the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to lobby its interests on capitol hill arms manufacturers are some of the biggest companies in america there are some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they they make and so arms for the defense department around the world they're a federal contractor in many other levels they're even involved in elections this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace while arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit arena what ny r.t. new york. activist an international human rights lawyer has told me to learn or not see that a syrian solution must come from within and that foreign interference would be a mistake in syria i think it is a matter of there are some very legitimate interest in the country of people who would like to be able to participate more i

u.s. media's approach to iraq's crisis in full lou sure now ten years ago we saw american soldiers fighting with the government and against militant forces. it's a day of mass protests all across the e.u. as people rail against austerity cuts and economic hardships which they say are simply not their fault in the czech capital prague thousands of students are protesting against planned university reforms if passed they would give businesses and politicians unprecedented power over curriculums and funding crush demonstrations also bring across greece the government seeks to implement the drastic austerity measures other came with the latest round of our correspondent in athens. he has details on this. this iconic building behind me it's not become an icon for particularly good reasons but in that fretful parliament behind me and in the streets around that have been so full of ferment a day of protests today not a surprise a lot of people across the country in public sector unions there are doctors out on the street at the moment and there's also a lot of words a lot of alarmist words for a f

u.s. media's approach to iraq's crisis in for lou just ten years ago about the american soldiers fighting with the government and against militant forces. it's a day of mass protests across the e.u. as people railed against austerity cuts and economic hardships which they say are not their fault well i mean time in the czech capital prague are thousands of students protested against planned education reforms which would give businesses and politicians and president in power over curriculums crush demonstrations are also brewing across greece as the government seeks to implement the drastic course measures that came with the latest e.u. bailout the demonstrations that will be synchronous with those in spain where people are angry at their own draconian cuts and bleak prospects our correspondents are both in athens and madrid. you can see this iconic building behind me it's not become an icon for particularly good reasons but in that for a full parliament behind me and in the streets around that have been so full of ferment a day of protests today not a surprise a lot of people across the c

u.s. media's approach to iraq's crisis and for sure that was now ten years ago which saw american soldiers fighting alongside the government and against militant forces. it's a day of mass protests all across the e.u. with tens of thousands rallying against austerity and economic hardship they're being held against the backdrop of brussels insisting the cuts are the only way to financial recovery in paris five major unions organized a massive march to pressure brussels to tone down his austerity stance and instead focus on pro growth policies in the czech capital prague thousands of students are protesting against planned university reforms if passed they would give businesses and politicians unprecedented power of a curriculum and funding and fresh demonstrations are also growing across greece as the government seeks to implement the drastic austerity measures that came with the latest bailout our correspondent in athens is tom barton he has more. this iconic building behind me it's not become an icon for particularly good reasons but in that fretful parliament behind me and in the street

u.s. media's approach to iraq crisis in fallujah ten years ago which saw american soldiers fighting with the government and against militant forces. r.t. is coming to you live from moscow and fresh protests are brewing across greece as the government seeks to implement the drastic austerity measures that came with the latest e.u. bailout or the demonstrations that will be synchronous with those in spain where people are angry at their own draconian cuts bleak prospects more of what's happening there today let's go to both of our correspondents in athens and madrid. there and sara furthur good to see you both tomas start with you and we certainly have seen some intense protests in greece where certainly when the cuts were approved and what's expected now the being implemented at this point. well at the moment in greece rory you can see this iconic building behind me it's not become an icon for particularly good reasons but in that fretful parliament behind me and in the streets around that have been so full of ferment a day of protests today not a surprise a lot of people across the country i

we have the israeli newspaper reporting that israel officials are upset at the moment over u.s. media agreement. we have talked about this before. how might iran play this wb sglr the concern from officials spoke to this paper is that if iran sees light, the u.s. position, they will perceive that as some wiggle room. it will undermine the threat of attack. that could be the u.s. government's goal in sending out these messages. perhaps a signal to iran there is room for diplomatic maneuvering. this is a point of contention right now with israeli officials. it's something that national security advisors heard while they were here. there's been a wave of u.s. officials coming into the country hearing these concerns. the u.s. message back to israel. show patience. give time for sanctions to work. sgl we're hearing the national intelligence director will be there. sglr they really are certainly shuttling people from washington to have these high-level meetings and keep the communication lines open as contentions continue to rise. even though comments out of iran today may have been for dom

>> joining us u.s. media and marketing correspondent with "the financial times."he sun set on the son in. >> he was the heir apparent to his father's company. after a year of scandals at news corp. in the uk and perhaps even here in the u.s., those succession plans look very much in doubt. >> barton, it would seem they are at the very least postponed, but the family and mr. james murdoch will control a lot of the voting shares nevertheless. >> right. this announcement i don't think actually is anything very new. we've known from rupert for several months now that if he were to get hit by a bus as he put it, chase carey would take over. james has been planning to move back to new york. i think it was expected he would step down from this position in publishing. he's still the number three executive after chase. look ahead ten years given the family control, i think there's a very good argument james will be in contention, but not today. i mean, it's clearly delayed. >> barton, near-term, does it damage the brand at all? it's the story that doesn't seem to go away.

u.s. news media sort of hyperventilating over every new. charge against iran and every new statement that iran makes about its nuclear program it's wise i think to just remember only a few years ago two thousand and six when the iranians were actually talking to the european three the u.k. germany and france sitting down to negotiate the iranians were actually offering to limit the number of centrifuges to three thousand or less that is a deal that if the united states and the europeans would have leapt at it would have avoided this kind of crisis at that point the united states was not willing to support the deal and it was not willing to give that element. that the iranians demanded which was a security guarantee the europeans wanted it the bush administration refused and how can you have any serious talks with iran without really talking about a security guarantee that is of the essence of the deal that has to be made right well i mean you know you talk about sort of the rhetoric coming out of the mainstream media and even from our own p

multis report no reports now on the intensity of the anti iranian message flooding the us media and its impact. in the u.s. capital of media and messages one particular story a unilateral strike keeps spinning round and round iran could attack the united states in a much more fearsome way iran a hypothetical national security threat growing more dangerous by the day that new york could eventually be on iran's hit list we have to assume that hezbollah would be the proxy for iran i could well carry out the attack as assumptions about iran's potential plan of mass destruction floods us mainstream media more cops an automatic weapons are flooding specific areas of the big apple the new york city police department increased security around israeli government facilities and synagogues last week amid growing tension over tehran's nuclear program however the n.y.p.d. says it has not received any specific threat related to iraq upping the ante a u.s. senator has called on federal agents to quote increased scrutiny and vigorously monitor the iranian mission united nations but as politicians police officers and most