If you don't like the news...

... then don't report it! This must be what the MSM (= Mainstream Media) are thinking.
Jonah Goldberg clearly has other ideas. He wonders why the MSM has refused to report on the current struggle going in Iran, a struggle against the Mad Mullahs and in favour of freedom and humanity.

...Iran is poised for a democratic revolution.

Tehran and several other cities have been wracked in recent days with widespread anti-government protests and violent crackdowns by government forces. Buildings have been set ablaze, and exiles are calling for revolution. According to reports on Activistchat.com, a website dedicated to freeing Iran from the oppressive rule of the mullahs, numerous protestors have been killed. Ledeen — who has many sources inside Iran and out — reports that the roundups and executions of young men have picked up at a terrific pace. Iran has staged 120 public hangings since March, according to the government's own news agency.

The unpopularity of the mullahs, primarily with the younger, Western-oriented generation, is causing panic inside the regime. The appeal of revolutionary theocracy has been bled dry. The Christian Science Monitor reported — some would say "reluctantly reported" — that discontent with the regime and a desire for "change" according to various "polls" equals 90 percent.

And why is this not reported? Because at least to some degree, this fervor is a direct result of the policy and actions of President Bush. And we wouldn't want to see anything positive come out of anything HE does, now would we?

Even if this weren't such a powerful human-interest story, it would still be appalling how completely the mainstream media have downplayed what could be one of the most important news stories of our lives. If Iran were to throw off the shackles of the mullahocracy in favor of anything like a sane, decent, and democratic regime, it would be the most significant advance for freedom and decency since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It would be a national-security victory of staggering proportions.

So here's why we should all be ashamed we haven't paid more attention to this situation: The only way Iranian regime change will ever come about is if we — Americans, Europeans, the West — want it to. By ignoring the story, the press is in effect lending its support to the corrupt theocrats ruling Iran. One can't help but think this story is particularly inconvenient to those who think no good could ever come, even as a partial result, of the president's foreign policy.

Iran is arguably the very epicenter of global terrorism. It funds, trains and spawns groups like Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah and the Al-Sadr milita. It will give anything to get its hands on nuclear weapons. But the media would rather ignore what could become a revolution than pay attention and thus indirectly help, because it might show that not everything Bush does is a disaster. And that is just inconceivable.