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"Most of the criticisms of Press TV have been due to its coverage, because it sees the Middle East very differently than the mainstream media in Britain."
He called taking it off air a "tragedy."
Journalist/Press TV host Yvonne Ridley was quoted saying "the so-called 'free democracies' don't like the truth, and they will go to extraordinary levels of censorship to stop what they see as criticism of the way they run their governments."
Truth and full disclosure got Press TV's license pulled, not breaching UK law. Moreover, British government owned, funded and controlled BBC operates out London. By Ofcom's reasoning, perhaps its license should be revoked. Former viewers and listeners wanting real news and information would applaud.
In July 2009, the Guardian published Press TV's Roshan Muhammed Salih op-ed headlined, "Press TV speaks for itself," saying:
Britain's media calls Press TV Iran's "mouthpiece. (It's) hypocritical in the extreme, as exemplified by a sneering (BBC) Newsnight report, several offensive articles by rightwing commentators, and most recently a misleading post by Seth Freedman on Comment is free."Spurious accusations include being "Iran's mouthpiece, (a) Holocaust denier, (and) fail(ing) to cover (Iran's 2009) elections fairly."
"All you need to do is watch the channel to realize that Press TV gives a platform to a wide diversity of views - pro-Israel and anti-Iranian government among them." It does the same for Hamas, Hezbollah and other voices excluded from major media spaces.
Former UK MP/Press TV host George Galloway said:
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