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The United States or Iran? CBS News flaunted whose side they were taking during Monday’s Evening News. In her report on the gatherings in Iran, foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer peddled Iranian propaganda, hyped the crowds in Tehran mourning the loss of a terrorist, and boosted a message of death against President Trump.
Despite the fact that the murderous Iranian regime was forcing its people to attend mourning ceremonies for General Qasem Soleimani, anchor Norah O’Donnell was noticeably impressed when she reported that “So many mourners filled the streets of Iran, they could be seen from space.” Later adding: “The procession stretched nearly four miles as Iran's leaders made new vows to avenge the death of its top general.”
Palmer was in the crowd and praised it as an “epic salute to Qasem Soleimani.” The foreign correspondent could add Iranian propaganda peddler to her resume, seeing as she fell for the crocodile tears of Iran’s supreme leader. “Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khomeini wept as he led the prayer service for his friend and ally, the man he had worked with so closely to expand Iran's influence across the Middle East,” she sympathized.
“This is not just a mourning procession, it's a political message designed to demonstrate that all Iranians are united in anger and in outrage against the United States,” she then boasted.
Palmer’s declaration was followed up with this message of death for President Trump from an Iranian woman in the crowd: “I just say the sentence for President Trump; you dig your grave.” “Soleimani’s daughter was also on hand. Her father's death, she said, would bring dark days to America,” Palmer hyped.
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