(photo credit: Aanarav Sareen)
You've likely already heard that the Associated Press published a poorly sourced article about the Iran nuclear agreement last night, one that erroneously claimed the IAEA had agreed to let Iran basically inspect themselves. The article is here:
http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Except the version you will find there is now markedly different from the one originally posted. They appear to have removed the meat of the article - the supposed details of the inspection plan for Iran's Parchin nuclear facility!
more after the break...
News of this sleight of hand arrives by way of a tweet from Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk):
Why did @AP delete the grafs explaining the details of the Parchin sampling plan? Were they incorrect? Inconvenient? pic.twitter.com/yjIryYq4VN
http://www.twitter.com/...
And its accompanying image:
Check the AP link above, and there isn't the slightest mention that changes were made to the article.
I guess we can put the Associated Press firmly in the Netanyahu anti-deal camp - like Bibi, they appear willing to lie and/or distort to try to prevent the deal from passing. Shame on you, AP! Your credibility is now mud.
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Read Meteor Blades' post from earlier today on the lameness of the AP article:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
And check out Jeffrey Lewis' (no relation) website, ArmsControlWonk.com:
http://armscontrolwonk.com
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Cross-posted at Byline.com