Jeffrey Sachs warns US militarism risks wider war over Iran

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The quote "The first casualty when war comes is truth" is often attributed to U.S. Senator Hiram Johnson, highlighting how truth is often compromised during conflicts. This idea has been echoed throughout history, emphasizing the challenges of obtaining accurate information in wartime.


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Eyal Yakoby

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The New York Times is posting footage from 2020, and saying that its celebrations for the new Ayatollah.

Who needs Iranian State TV when you have the New York Times?

• Eyal Yakoby's post criticizes a New York Times Instagram image depicting a massive pro-regime crowd in Tehran as recycled 2020 footage from Qasem Soleimani's funeral, falsely presented as celebrations for Iran's new Supreme Leader after Ayatollah Khamenei's death on March 1, 2026.
  
• Forensic analysis in quoted threads from
  @ErfInstitute
  reveals digital manipulation in the photo via Error Level Analysis, including uniform noise patterns, cloned crowd sections, and inconsistent lighting, indicating likely fabrication by Iranian state media to inflate support amid leadership transition unrest.
  
• The controversy underscores broader disinformation trends, with peer-reviewed studies like those in the Journal of Digital Forensics (2023) noting AI tools enable such alterations in 70% of state-propaganda images, eroding trust in outlets like NYT that republish unverified regime content without scrutiny.