BBC Altered Hegseth Speech On Iran War
The TelegraphMAR 9
BBC Persian Mistranslates Hegseth's Speech on Iran War
Was BBC Persian's mistranslation deliberate propaganda or was it simply an honest subtitle error that was corrected?
Above: Pete Hegseth speaks on U.S. military action in Iran at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on March 2. Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
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Right narrative
BBC Persian deliberately mistranslated Hegseth's speech, changing "regime" to "people" and making it appear the U.S. targeted Iranian civilians rather than the government. This isn't the first time — the BBC pulled the same stunt with Trump just months ago. Time to defund this propaganda outlet.
Left narrative
BBC Persian made a simple subtitle translation error for Iranian viewers and promptly corrected it. Hegseth's actual English speech was never altered. Spinning an honest mistake into some grand conspiracy theory to justify defunding public broadcasting is a significant overreach.
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