The
IAEA Report on Iran is out. Sean-Paul runs it down.
This evidence, presented in the IAEA report, says Paul Kerr of Arms
Control Today does not support [the] rapid progress” described by
Sanger in his article and portrayed by the media as a whole. Kerr added, “it
doesn’t seem like [the Iranians] have crossed a major threshold.”The claims filtering in and out of the media that Iran is one to two years
away from producing bomb grade material are, to put it mildly, wildly inaccurate,
as the report notes the Iranians are only reprocessing moderate amounts of
UF6 to 4.8% U-235, and bomb grade material must be at least 80%.Will the media correct its inflamed and sensationalized claims in light of
this latest of IAEA reports?
To say the IAEA Report directly contradicts David
Sanger’s piece earlier this month is an understatement. This is my personal
favorite on the subject.
Sometimes, I think the New York Times David Sanger is just Judy
Miller without the creepy love notes from Scooter Libby. Then I think, I’ve
never read David Sanger’s mail.
Give these corporate hack pack journalists a plane ticket and an expense account
and they’ll say almost anything. The problem is that they’re so used to things
getting handed to them that they’re just plain lazy. Arms Control Wonk has a
beauty re: Sanger’s quote on ElBaradei:
The ElBaradei quote is out of context. Sanger makes it seem like ElBaradei
is commenting on the story, but in reality—as Reuter’s Mark Heinrich
reported—the
comment is from remarks that ElBaradei released to the press in advance of
the regular, forthcoming DG report. These remarks—as far as I can tell—seem
pretty general in tone.
As Sean-Paul has covered, it also doesn’t help that ABC
is parroting the Iran’s about to blow talking point too: The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to confirm Iran’s rapid
progress in advancing its uranium enrichment program in a report due tomorrow.
Wrong.
But no one cares. Bush is on a mission. Cue John McCain.
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