A picture of two men in profile with insufficient depth can cost you jail time in Iran. Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari just received a 13.5-year, 74-lash sentence for his coverage of Iranian protesters being attacked by military officials, and CNN’s Fareed Zakaria was curious about unusual .5 addition to the sentence. He found that it had to do with a photo of Ahmadinejad that appeared on Facebook, in which the president vaguely appears to be kissing another man.

This time around the joke appears to be on Iran. According to a recap at The Atlantic, Charles Davis, a freelance journalist and blogger at the website Dissident Voice, penned a satirical, fake news piece yesterday titled “EXCLUSIVE: Obama Orders Air Strikes on Guantanamo Bay” which was subsequently picked up by Iran TV.

It’s nearly impossible to be surprised by political hypocrisy on any level these days, particularly when you are talking about iron-fisted rulers of countries like Iran. But still, this is sort of funny, in an Onion headline sort of way: Apparently, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran has a blog.

Maziar Bahari is free, finally, after 118 days in an Iranian prison, on trumped-up charges of being a spy for the Mossad, CIA, MI6, and Newsweek — charges that were leveled at him, he says, specifically to fit him into the false narrative being spun by Iran’s leadership to its people following the post-election uprising [...]

Back in June The Daily Show sent correspondent Jason Jones to Iran just ahead of the elections to film a series of “funny” spots about how the country was dealing with the election. One of Jones’ subjects happened to be Maziar Bahari, the Newsweek reporter who was shortly thereafter jailed and held captive for 188 days. Bahari was finally released last month. Was The Daily Show in part to blame for Bahari’s imprisonment?

It is a measure of the power the New York Times op-ed pages still possess — despite the financial struggles both the paper and the industry face — that Jon Meacham editor of Newsweek opted to take to them to advocate for the release of Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari.

Arguably the best part of today’s press conference with just-landed Laura Ling and Euna Lee is when Ling recounted being told they were being taken to a impromptu meeting, and then walking into a room and seeing Bill Clinton. Wow, right? It’s like every Christmas you’ve ever had rolled into one! That said, was it a big mistake?

Journalists really can be superheroes. A journalist’s super-power is an ability to spread information. A journalist can wield their laptop or camera like a super ray blaster for truth, eradicating misinformation everywhere. Llike those journalists who risk their lives to bring us impartial news from war zones or countries who may not agree with their reporting. One such superhero is Maziar Bahari.