CNN banned from Iran

[silverpig]

Link

Think it was done accidentally or accidentally-on-purpose?

I've never liked CNN, and don't really like any of the US news channels actually. Lucky we have the CBC and BBC here

 

[Meuge]

Yeah, cause the BBC is so neutral and unbiased :roll:

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: Meuge
Yeah, cause the BBC is so neutral and unbiased :roll:

yeah, cause any news source is unbiased :roll:

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: Meuge
Yeah, cause the BBC is so neutral and unbiased:roll:

but there are 50 states:roll:

 

[Future Shock]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Link

Think it was done accidentally or accidentally-on-purpose?

I've never liked CNN, and don't really like any of the US news channels actually. Lucky we have the CBC and BBC here

Bet ya £20 that it was a subliminal mistake on the part of the translater - he heard what he personaly wanted to hear, rather than the speech. Oops...many of those translators have some relation to that region, so he may have in fact been an exiled Iranian projecting his opinion. Be interesting to find out his/her background.

It was a rather inopportune goof, but these things happen...I guess that CNN will be kicked out for a month or two, plead for forgiveness, and get re-admitted after playing contrite.

Or we will be at war with Iran by then, in which case it just saves the evacuation of CNN's staff!

Future Shock

 

[Uhtrinity]

There goes that liberal media again /sarc off

Seriously a mistake like that is in favor of those pushing for a conflict.

 

[Aimster]

CNN News is filled with people who fled Iran during the revolution.

AKA pro-Shah.

 

[Mean MrMustard]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: Meuge
Yeah, cause the BBC is so neutral and unbiased:roll:

but there are 50 states:roll:

OMFG!

LOL!

 

[magomago]

Can any Farsi speakers write phonetically how to say "Technology" and "Weapons" so we can get an idea if it is a slip? I know Arabic and Farsi are similar and some words, but techology is a FAAAR cry from weapons in arabic and I'm thinking the same for Farsi.

 

[qoou]

cnn and foxnews wetc are trying to push for public support for a war with Iran, that is clear. After the war they will push the idea of how horrible the war is too. Play both sides to keep their ratings maximised.

 

[Aimster]

Originally posted by: magomago
Can any Farsi speakers write phonetically how to say "Technology" and "Weapons" so we can get an idea if it is a slip? I know Arabic and Farsi are similar and some words, but techology is a FAAAR cry from weapons in arabic and I'm thinking the same for Farsi.

They sound totally different.
.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: magomago
Can any Farsi speakers write phonetically how to say "Technology" and "Weapons" so we can get an idea if it is a slip? I know Arabic and Farsi are similar and some words, but techology is a FAAAR cry from weapons in arabic and I'm thinking the same for Farsi.

They sound totally different.
.

the languages or the 2 words in question?

<---culturaly challenged white man

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: Aimster

Originally posted by: magomago
Can any Farsi speakers write phonetically how to say "Technology" and "Weapons" so we can get an idea if it is a slip? I know Arabic and Farsi are similar and some words, but techology is a FAAAR cry from weapons in arabic and I'm thinking the same for Farsi.

They sound totally different.
.

the languages or the 2 words in question?

<---culturaly challenged white man

Arabic is a Semitic language. I suppose its most famous relation is Hebrew. Farsi is an Indo-European language, and therefore related to languages such as English and Hindi. I'm sure Farsi has some Arabic loan-words, but they are, at their foundations, very different languages.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Seems like a reasonable translation service would still record (and check) the translation before delivering it as a finished product. Even a cursory proofing would have revealed the error since Ahmadinejad's statement contains a 2nd reference to "weapons".

 

[God On Alcohol]

rofl...