Same news, different story

It's amazing how the same events can be reported so differently from station to station. The Voice of America is on now, reporting that "Aid from the United States is flowing into Iran". In contrast, a report on either Radio Netherlands or Deutsche Welle this morning reported that a paltry two plane-loads of assistance had been sent from the US, which pales into insignificance to that donated by many other countries.

It seems to follow on quite nicely from yesterday's entry that US media outlets, in this case the VOA, fail to look critically at their own government's actions. Here the line of reporting is once again praiseworthy of the US administration's efforts.

Again it requires foreign media outlets to look into the story for meaningful coverage and for highlighting the apparently cynical actions of the US government in giving only token aid to people in need due to political relations.