Iran Follow-Up Video: How Fars News Protected the Oscars from Michelle Obama's Shoulders
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 11:45
Scott Lucas in EA Iran, Fars News, Michelle Obama, Middle East and Iran, Oscars, Rachel Maddow

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See Iran Feature: Top Iran News Agency Protects the Oscars from Michelle Obama's Shoulders


On Monday, EA featured the story of how Fars News, linked to the Revolutonary Guards, had done some PhotoShop Fashion Therapy on the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama. The website replaced Obama's dress, in which she presented the Best Picture Award at the Oscars to "Argo", with a spangly top which covered up her shoulders.

The article soon went viral, with mentions for EA on sites like The Times of London. That evening, however, we were pleased to see we had a walk-on role in the US prime-time Rachel Maddow Show --- we are at the end, after Maddow has moved from last year's Iranian media manipulation of the Oscars to its outrage this year at "Argo" to Fars' "arms control" of Michelle Obama.

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