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Sometimes winning hearts and minds is simply for profit
The article below definitely has a left of center tone but the topic is interesting. Pop culture has a way of seeping into the most repressive regimes. Aside from military invasion, foreign aid, non profits and business all participate in attempting global influence. My money is on business being the most influential of the latter three. It would be an interesting irony if a soap opera successfully invades Iran while we work on our policies. I might have to start watching. 
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-a...BMscdiB8VIV36Z
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Murdoch's Iranian Invasion
by Reza Aslan
The News Corp-backed network Farsi1 offers Fox favorites and Telenovelas, and has quickly become the most watched in Iran. Reza Aslan on why Ahmadinejad’s government is worried.
Farsi1, a Persian language satellite station partly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp, has become the most popular entertainment network in Iran, with nearly half of the country’s population (some 35 million people) tuning in daily to keep up with dubbed episodes of Fox favorites like 24 and How I Met Your Mother.
However, the real draw of the network is its dubbed versions of Latin American Telenovelas, which have most of the country in their melodramatic grip. One Telenovela in particular, Second Chance, has become such a national obsession in Iran that it has inspired a hairstyle for women called “the Isabel,” named after the show's heroine.
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