After Iran finally admitted responsibility for downing a Ukrainian passenger jet this month, its domestic news coverage of the public backlash revealed a deepened divide within state media ranks.Iran’s giant state broadcaster made no apology for disseminating the false denials and found itself under severe criticism from smaller officially licensed news websites that acknowledged being misled by Iranian officials and asked readers for forgiveness.It was the most dramatic display of infighting and diverging editorial stances among Iranian state media outlets in years. But it also remained within the bounds of controls that Iran’s Islamist rulers have exerted over all domestic …read more
Source:: Voice of America
