Professor Juan Cole asks this very pertinent question regarding the media coverage of the nuclear deal with Iran.
Why has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu been all over American TV but there haven't there been interviews on major TV networks of Iran's foreign minister?
In the aftermath of the Kerry-Zarif initial framework deal on nuclear energy in Iran, it seems obvious that an interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif would be newsworthy. But to my knowledge none of the networks or major cable news shows had him on.
Or you could have talked to the British, French, German, Russian or Chinese foreign ministers, all of whom were principals and all of whom would have had interesting insights.
It is possible that someone has conducted such interviews, but I'm not aware of one.
And it is such a glaring omission that I am surprised it did not occur to me until I read Cole's blog post.
Have there even been any interviews of officials in Russia or China or Germany or Britain or France to get their perspectives? Why is Netanyahu all over TV but no one else?
This is a principle of basic journalism that is applied to other issues -- present all sides fairly -- but when it comes to this one, apparently we are only allowed to see one side of the story.
That's a hell of a stupid way to come to an informed decision about an important international agreement.