It's no surprise that some in the Middle East were not happy about the movie "Argo," which focuses on the Iranian hostage crisis which lasted from 1979 to 1981. But this is a reaction no one was expecting.

During Sunday's Academy Award's telecast, First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance, handing out the award for Best Picture via satellite from the White House. However, the Iranian news agency Fars not only took exception to the honors bestowed on Ben Affleck's film, which won the night's biggest award, they offered a less-than-subtle critique of the First Lady's dress.

Since Mrs. Obama's gown exposed her shoulders in a way that would violate the codes of modesty enforced in many Muslim nations, Fars photoshopped a picture of the First Lady, with the result offering significantly more coverage of her shoulders and chest. The digital alteration was discovered by photojournalist and blogger Golnaz Esfandiari.

Fars didn't stop with altering Mrs. Obama's gown. The news agency also slammed "Argo" as an "anti-Iran film … produced by the Zionist company Warner Bros." Iran's state own television network also gave the film a thumbs-down, calling it "an advertisement for the CIA."

A report by The London Times pointed out that "Argo" has been banned in Iran, but bootleggers have been selling DVD copies though underground networks, fetching roughly a dollar apiece for the movie.

After this, don't expect Fars to be invited to do red carpet coverage of the Oscars in 2014.

The trailer looked really interesting. I liked the line, "If I'm gonna make a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit."



I haven't seen the movie, but if it makes the CIA look like hero's then it is probably "an advertisement for the CIA."

If it makes Iran look bad, then I guess you can call it an "anti-Iran film." (All films that make Israel look bad are called "anti-Israel" or "anti-semitic" so all is fair in movie reviews.

If it was produced by Warner Bros, then it was produced by a Zionist company.

And shame on Mrs. Obama for looking so sexy.

LOL... Iran kidnapped and held 52 people hostage for 421 days, and you think the CIA is trying to make them "look" bad...

and your right, she's not ugly...

actually, the CIA did nothing, Iran released them when Reagan became president...

That's at least one side of the story.

But that is the way it goes when anyone reports on any of the bad things that Israel does... they are called "anti-Israel." Right?

WTH are you talking about? who mentioned Israel?

I did. Don't you read my posts?

If it makes Iran look bad, then I guess you can call it an "anti-Iran film." (All films that make Israel look bad are called "anti-Israel" or "anti-semitic" so all is fair in movie reviews. )

life is rough sometimes...

Just yesterday I read a printed story in the Pueblo Newspaper about a prisoner that died while in Israel's custody and Israel is being accused of torturing and killing him. If I would post that article on this club, I would be accused of posting "anti-Israel" news.

Is this not a fact?

News is news.

i guessed you missed the next article about how palestine started shooting missles in Israel in retaliation... one sided news is always the best for you...

It's not anti-Semitism to criticise Israel. It is anti-Semtism when one does it repeatedly. That's the distinction.

Um... no, its not.

I guess they had a real hissy-fit over Brandi Glanville's dress, the one her dad said "showed too much boob."

Really?

If they tortured and killed a guy, are they not justified to retaliate?

Israel retaliates at them with deadly force killing innocents all the time.

Is it okay for Israel to retaliate but not okay for Palestine?

Isn't that what two countries at war do?

Uh, yes it is.

There are more "Semites" in Palestine and Iran than in Israel. If anyone is anti-Semitic, it is Israel. (They really need to come up with a more accurate slur to use against people who appose their Zionist agenda.)

Oh, that's right, they do have one. Its ANTI-ZIONISM.

i'm not sure what your babbling about here... all we know is he died, and palestine started lobbing rockets into Israel... so, according to your thinking, palestine is entitled to kill innocent civilians because a prisoner died? your to hypocritical, one post your saying not to believe the mainstream media, but the media tells the truth when it talks bad about Israel?

enough of your nonsense for now, i've got better things to do than see more of your slanted, twisted fabrications of your hatred of the jews....

Out comes the same old silly argument. Eventually, every thread is steered to this same old nonsense.