Ideological and emotional agendas result in people distancing themselves from factual and analytical information, preferring instead information that fits with their material interests and emotional disposition. The primacy of emotion over fact bids ill for the future. The extraordinary attention given to the Iranian election suggests that many American interests and emotions have a stake in the outcome. Full Story »
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A rare dispassionate look at the potential of outside influences on the Iranian presidential election, as well as the possible roles of domestic political ambitions from Iranian politicians, written by an assistant secretary of state under Ronald Reagan. Like the Tiananmen Square protests 20 years ago, domestic politics, in the form of a naked struggle for power among politicians, may be playing a not insignificant role in the post-election protests in Iran right now. And again, the world's media (not just the one in the US), are not reporting much, if any, on this not-so-glamorous aspect.
