Iran’s Press TV covers the Israeli helicopter crash that killed three Israelis and a British tourist off the coast of Netanya. Nothing objectionable, but Stephen Pollard notes that comments posted on the site are pretty disgusting.
To Press TV's credit, the comments Pollard cites have now been removed, but others like this one are online:
Falesteeni anti-Arabs& Israhell
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:46:20 GMT
MUSIC TO MY PALESTINIAN EARS, Any Amerikkkan scumbags on board?
Fortunately, Press-TV doesn't enjoy the quite same veneer of legitimacy as other bastions Israel-bashing free speech, like, say, The Guardian's Comment is Free section (which is suffering its own peculiar form of Foot in Mouth Disease).
This says a lot about the kind of audience Press TV plays to, and further validates HonestReporting's decision to boycott the station last year.
UPDATE Nov. 26: Big whoops. Stephen Pollard just brought to my attention that the comments he cited are still online. Press TV divides the comments by page and I overlooked where to click on Next to see more comments.
