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20 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Incredible.

Iranian elections only consist of hardliners because the regime limits who is allowed to run. That has been true since 79.

Not everything is about Trump.
The article is even worse than the headline. It's full of misinformation meant to deflect blame away from the regime for their behavior by pretending they were moderating before Trump. This propaganda isn't even an opinion piece, It's published with a byline of "CNN staff".
The whole article is premised on the idea that moderates actually enjoyed substantial prominence in Iran before Trump withdrew from the Iranian nuclear deal, which will come as a shock to anyone who knows anything about Iran's actions at the time.
Also, love the part when they pretend like the Trump admin randomly decided to assassinate "Iran's most revered General," somehow failing to mention Soleimani was in charge of all their foreign terrorist operations.
Sorry, have to add one more. The main support for the idea that withdrawal from the nuclear deal helped the Iranian regime hardliners is CNN citing "an elderly Iranian-American"

They literally found some random person to quote anonymously to support the narrative.

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This is an important video covering how CJ Werleman uses made up claims to try to promote hatred against Jews and the Jewish state.
If you want to understand how these antiSemitic blood libels get spread on social media, this is a great example. CJ took a made up claim from 2014 and pretended it was real and current; now it has spread to hundreds of thousands of people who believe it.
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Obviously dishonest nonsense. Yes, Republicans have opposed some ideas from Dems. They have supported others.

Ex: Under Clinton
Brady Act passed 63-36 w 14 R's
NAFTA passed 73-26 w 28 R's
94 Crime Bill passed 95-4
96 Welfare Bill passed 78-21
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I can do the same thing with plenty of Obama bills. I can also show Trump initiatives that received no Dem support (2017 tax cuts). Thinks about what a dishonest partisan someone has to be to only emphasize those examples.
Just looks at how dishonestly the article starts. Republicans didn't say no on infrastructure, they've offered extensive counters despite skepticism within the caucus. But Harwood pretends not going along with whatever Biden/Dems want is just obstruction.
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This is such a great example of the problem with media fact-checking right here.

When it comes to partisan bills, each side has partisan arguments that emphasize their points. This is basically just a rebuttal to Republican arguments, not a fact-check.
Out of the 5 things that Dale focuses on, 4 are mostly true. The one that he claims is false is McConnell saying it applied to the South when it applied to 8 Southern States and Alaska (Really got him on that one).

They would never publish a rebuttal to partisan Dem arguments.
But again, a lot of media fact-checkers think their job is to provide cover for Dem arguments and combat Republican arguments. That's how you end up with orgs like Politifact constantly rating spin from one side as false and spin from the other as true.
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(Happens to everyone!)
But I've developed a habit of often (not always!) then pausing and asking some questions: 1) Does it make sense? 2) Is the sourcing reliable? 3) What are people who would disagree w that narrative saying? 4) Does it need more evidence?
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