Is the Iran Nuke Deal a Deal With the Devil?

It gets hard coming up with titles for these blog posts. I hope you guys know I have to sit here and try to think of something clever. Anyway, let us get back on topic. News has come out recently about a deal with Iran and their nuclear program. I only heard the bare bones version of the story before this blog, so I decided to read up on it and get an idea of what is going on. This blog post is going to focus on comparing three different media sources reporting of this story and see the issues with them. I thought about finding a smaller news site to use, but those can be very hit or miss as far their reporting goes. With a story like this, I really wanted to use three of the biggest media sites because that is where a lot of people will be getting their information on.

Up first is Fox News. Here is the link for the story. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/24/capitol-hill-skepticism-over-iran-nuclear-deal-results-in-bipartisan-call-for/

"Capitol Hill skepticism over Iran nuclear deal results in bipartisan call for more sanctions". That is the headline for the article, for those of you who are skipping it. Now it seems some words in that headline are strategically placed. 'Skepticism' and 'bipartisan' seem kind of out of place to me. It seems like its worded that way to create doubt in readers minds that "Oh wow, Congress agrees about something, it must be bad". Maybe its just me.

The article doesn't spend a whole lot of time giving us viewpoints from Congress members who support the deal. It gives us a couple Hershey's Kisses, but overall it seems to be critical of the deal. An interesting point in the article was the end, with:

 "“Amazing what WH will do to distract attention from O-care” tweeted Cornyn, referring to the White House and ObamaCare. His remark drew sharp rebuke from Obama 2008 presidential campaign manager David Ploufee. “No, a real distraction would be war. Like Iraq,” he tweeted in response."

Why even post that quote? To insinuate that the deal was made to detract from the criticism that the Affordable Care Act is receiving? Then to include someone's reply who worked with Obama who referenced the Iraq War. Fox News viewers tend to be more conservative, so is it an attempt to irk their base to seeing this negatively? What do you think? I'm going end this blog post and continue it in a separate one. Look out for Part II!