IMAGINE WHAT A WOLF in sheep’s clothing would actually look like: a six-foot long, 170-pound killing machine prancing on the tips of its paws and choking out a guttural “baa” while the mottled-wool hide slips off its back. The image is a little more farcical than menacing.
On July 2, Iran–which powers past Libya, Syria, and Uzbekistan in Reporters Without Borders’ 2006 ranking of most press-repressing governments–launched Press TV, its new fully-subsidized, 24-hour English-language news network, and achieved something of the same effect.
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