We really don't need Situation Comedy Television Shows around the World. Our World Leaders give us plenty of comic relief in their actions every single day.
For those unfamiliar with it, Russia Today is something of the counterpoint to Fox News and Sky News, in that it is clearly hostile to the Western Mainstream Script of Life in the World that is presented by most popular Western Media Outlets. If Newscorp's Media Empire is built on slanting everything to the "Political and Corporate Right," Russia Today is built on slanting everything towards Russian Interests. There is a bit of old Soviet Style Socialism thrown in, but mostly it represents something of an Outsider view of Business and Politics that is unique to a Russian Perspective.
What is funny about the story is the obvious Geopolitical Rationale for the removal of the Iranian Television Station's License to Operate. Britain was the World Power primarily responsible for drawing the Political Borders in the Middle East over the Century. In many respects, it was British Imperial Interests that helped create many of the tensions in the Middle East by virtue of having set parties against each other in an effort to control them.
Britain, along with the United States, would love nothing better than to have unfettered access to vast Iranian Oil Reserves. They are now getting Geopolitical in response to any party sympathizing in any minor way with the plight of the Iranian People. I guess that Britain felt that the Station represented a threat to their control of resources. Thanks for doing this right on cue, guys!
Jeffrey
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