More nonsense over Iran's non-existent nuclear weapons program

Iran's 'Nuclear Weapons Program,' Again

On Monday's edition of the NewsHour (1/28/13),  host Gwen Ifill referred to concerns about  the "threat posed by Iran's nuclear program," and told viewers at the end of a Margaret Warner report that "Margaret's next story looks at the debate in Israel over how to deal with the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran."

And on last night's broadcast (1/30/13 ), Warner explained that countries like the U.S., Israel and Turkey "are concerned about Iran's nuclear weapons program."
To reiterate an obvious point: There is no proof of an Iranian nuclear weapons program. There are allegations that Iranian's enrichment of uranium for its nuclear power program is hiding a military component, but weapons inspectors have not uncovered any such diversion.

 The NewsHour has made this mistake before, as FAIR noted in a recent action alert:

 

 In an October 22 discussion of the foreign policy presidential debate, the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown stated that "Iran's nuclear weapons program has been a particular flash point."

A few weeks earlier (10/5/12) on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez said that Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez had continued to thwart American efforts on a range of international issues, such as Washington's attempt to convince Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to halt his country's pursuit of nuclear weapons.

 

How hard is it for NewsHour to understand that allegations are not facts? Write to them at onlineda2@newshour.org

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