{"id":2579529,"date":"2026-03-13T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-is-amplifying-the-iranian-regime-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:01:58","slug":"cnn-is-amplifying-the-iranian-regime-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-is-amplifying-the-iranian-regime-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN is &#8216;amplifying&#8217; the Iranian regime: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-is-amplifying-the-iranian-regime-joe-concha%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2579529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized CNN for airing a four-minute, unrefuted state-TV segment of Mojtaba Khamenei-teh new Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ayatollah-iran-in-no-hurry-to-see-u-s-return-to-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Ayatollah: ... in no hurry to see U.S. return to nuclear deal\">supreme leader<\/a>\u2019s first public comment-without actually showing him on camera. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">argued<\/a> this gave the Iranian regime a global platform to push propaganda and said there is \u201cless than zero\u201d news value in televising the address since Khamenei wasn\u2019t seen. He quipped that CNN should be renamed the \u201cIranian New Network\u201d (INN) and contended the network was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >chasing access<\/a> to Iran at the expense of credibility. Concha also claimed CNN had been eager to report from inside Iran during the conflict but warned the network was amplifying what remains of the regime, calling the coverage \u201camateur hour.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">CNN is &lsquo;amplifying&rsquo; the Iranian regime: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-scheduled-to-head-back-out-on-vacation-after-five-hour-work-day\/\" title=\"Biden Scheduled  To Head Back Out On Vacation After Five-Hour Work Day\">columnist&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a>&nbsp;slammed&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\">CNN<\/a>&nbsp;for airing the Iranian state media&rsquo;s televised address of someone reading a speech from <\/span>the new supreme leader,&nbsp;Mojtaba Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks were the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4489443\/mojtaba-khamenei-first-statement-not-on-camera\/\">first time the public heard<\/a> from Khamenei since he was elevated to supreme leader after his father, Ayatollah <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ali-Khamenei\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, was killed by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4475344\/iran-preemptive-strikes-israel-us\/\">United States and Israeli airstrikes<\/a>. The younger Khamenei did not appear or release an audio statement in his address.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/4490873\/main-losers-from-britain-islamophobia-code-muslims\/\">The main losers from Britain&rsquo;s &#8216;Islamophobia&#8217; code? Muslims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4489660\/californias-trains-to-nowhere\/\">California&rsquo;s trains to nowhere<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4486904\/canada-assisted-suicide-maid-warning-for-americans\/\">Canada&rsquo;s suicide pact is a warning for Americans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">&ldquo;[CNN] aired a four-minute, completely unrefuted so-called newscast from state TV as the first public comment of the supreme leader without seeing him onscreen,&rdquo; C<\/span>oncha said Thursday on Fox News&rsquo;s<em> Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;This is not journalism, it&rsquo;s providing an evil regime a world stage to push its propaganda, and an American news organization is doing it, go figure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3425430&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=aa44b4f799c8e557ae7d1863d2885a85\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha said there is &ldquo;less than zero&rdquo; news value in televising the address since Khamenei wasn&rsquo;t seen or heard in the address.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You would think that if this guy was alive, the son of the ayatollah, he would get in front of a camera. It&rsquo;s not like you need a studio,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;You literally just pick up your phone and film the guy if he was alive or at least not severely injured, as many are reporting.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So why don&rsquo;t we just call it INN, the Iranian New Network, instead of CNN,&rdquo; Concha added.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4490912\/hegseth-pours-doubt-ability-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei\/\"><strong>HEGSETH POURS DOUBT ON ABILITY OF NEW SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Concha argued CNN wanted access to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> &ldquo;so badly&rdquo; during the war that the network was willing to give up its credibility. CNN was the first network to report from inside Iran since the beginning of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476538\/israel-us-iran-conflict-launched-trump-khamenei\/\">Operation Epic Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s amateur hour every hour over at that trainwreck of a news network,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;I would ask anyone out there to argue against this: Is CNN amplifying what is left of the regime there? And the answer is absitively.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concha: CNN amplifies Iran&#8217;s regime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2579530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26068503662921.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50623,75608,52093,32490],"class_list":["post-2579529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cnn-2","tag-iranian-regime","tag-joe-concha","tag-media-bias"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26068503662921.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579533,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579529\/revisions\/2579533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2579530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}