I think the problem is that he was on the IRAQI TV telling the Iraqi people that the Iraqi govt had succeeded in twarting the coallition's strategy.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:24 PM Subject: RE: Peter Arnett Fired > One of my little hobbies is vintage radio. Right now I'm listening to WWII > radio coverage. The reporters regularly give their opinion on what is > happening and what they see. The reports usually aren't based on government > propoganda. It's based on what they see looking out the window and what they > hear talking to the people. Many of the reporters made their broadcasts on > the short wave transmitters that were run by the Axis including even in > Berlin. These were reporters like Edward R. Murrow. > > I don't see how what Arnett did is any different. I don't care one way or > the other about Arnett, but I really don't know what's different about his > reporting and what reporters of the past have done. > > -Kevin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:43 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Peter Arnett Fired > > > > > > Yea, when you are hired to report the facts, then you give your opinion, > > and present it as fact, then you have crossed the line, he was no longer > > a reporter. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 12:25 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Peter Arnett Fired > > > > > > At 12:28 PM 3/31/03, you wrote: > > > > From both NBC and National Geographic. > > > > > > > >http://www.nbc4columbus.com/news/2074832/detail.html > > > > > > Yeah. And he deserved it. Stupidity is its own reward. > > > > > > I'm all for free speech, I just wish people would put their brain in > > gear > > > before putting their mouth in motion. > > > > > > I've heard the military has ousted Geraldo for telling where the > > troops he > > > is embedded with are located. I've always known Geraldo was stupid, > > just > > > didn't know how stupid until now. > > > > > > What was he thinking? > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
