NOT MUCH BIG-MEDIA ATTENTION FOR THE IRANIAN PROTESTS: Nothing on the front pages of the New York Times and Washington Post (the web editions, anyway), though they do have stories inside here (Times) and here (Post). Nothing on the BBC homepage, either, though there is a front-page story on the funeral arrangements for the conjoined twins. (Inside, there’s a story on how the Iranian press has “reluctantly complied” with the Mullarchy’s demands to downplay the story. What’s everybody else’s excuse?)

The Los Angeles Times does link, though not headline, this story on its web edition’s front page.

Question: If there were protests against the United States of this size in Iraq, would they get bigger play? If the United States repressed them with equivalent violence and “disappeared” the leaders, would it get more attention?

Some questions answer themselves.