We recently Tweeted a shared link showing coverage and gaining online momentum for the Occupy Wall Street movement. When we look more carefully at influencers in this discussion using our Influencer Map, we find that Iran Press TV is the second largest influencer after the US Media!
Iran Is Top Contributor of Information
Perhaps not surprisingly, the Press TV reporting has a distinct slant. Check out this except from one of the Press TV hits:
An American scholar says peaceful anti-corporatism protests known as “Occupy Wall Street” in New York are ‘nonexistent’ in mainstream media in the US, Press TV reports. “Apparently it is too threatening to corporate interests to acknowledge it,” James H. Fetzer, founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, told Press TV on Thursday.
First of all, we’ve been tracking Occupy Wall St in the mainstream media for quite some time. This screen shot shows hits (shaded) in the mainstream media over time:
Mainstream Media Coverage
And for those who are unaware Scholars for 9/11 Truth is an organization who list: Scholars for 9/11 Truth (S9/11T) is a non-partisan association of faculty, students, and scholars, in fields as diverse as history, science, military affairs, psychology, and philosophy, dedicated to exposing falsehoods and to revealing truths behind 9/11.
Regardless, Iran’s Press TV seems disproportionally interested in covering these events. In nearly every other US geopolitical top contributors are typically UK and Canada after the US (check out this example of Tea Party coverage and influencers over the same period). Iran’s increasing online coverage and influence should certainly be noted.
October 29th, 2011 on 4:22 am
It is not difficult to see why Iran’ media influence is growing. In this world one can not only depend on one kind of media at all. To get the truth one must have access to multiple media outlets with Iran among them. Many things that are not reported in American media can be seen in German, French or Russian media but still many other things are not reported in western media and these can be found on PressTV site. It is a simple fact. One can not trust any single entity forever. We need balance and PressTV provides that balance.