Iran's Press TV taken off air in N America

[Fire Walk With Me]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by azurnoir (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: Aljazeera English

Iran's state-run news network Press TV has been taken off air in North America, the English-language television station has said on its website.

The channel said on Saturday that it had been dropped from the Galaxy 19 satellite platform that allowed it to broadcast in the United States and Canada, without saying when it was dropped.

The state-owned, 24-hour network broadcasts world news and pro-government views beyond Iran's borders.

The network called the move "another flagrant violation of freedom of speech".

Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/20132913263566603.html

---

(Cross-posted from Occupy Underground. Please note that in my experience with Press TV over the last year regarding their reporting of our local Occupy and activism events, the truth was always told. Regards to the reporter.)

[azurnoir]

1. really sorry locking this is a duplicate thread

please continue discussion here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014394770