Subj: Fwd: [roundheadwatch] NBC / MSNBC FIRES PETER ARNETT Date: 04/01/2003 3:22:24 AM Eastern Standard Time
Getting the information / news out is not always an easy task, especially if you are a journalist in a hostile environment like Iraq, and reporting that news from behind the opposition's lines, like Peter Arnett has been doing.Put yourself in the shoes of a journalist working behind the opposition's lines for a moment. To get the best news and information becomes a matter of give and take. On one side of the slate a journalist takes the news, and Arnett has been taking the news from behind the opposition's lines without much restriction from Baghdad, and distributing that news to those who hired him to do so. Then there is the other side of the slate, the give. At some point a journalist has to give the opposition whose lines the journalist is operating behind, something back in return for them being there. In this case it was an interview for Iraqi TV. And what does the opposition want to hear? What they want to hear from the journalist, is their side of the story. It's called a trade off, and a good journalist does it quite a bit; if they didn't resort to this practice then the journalists wouldn't get the news and the stories they are there to get in the first place. Imagine what would have happened to Arnett if he had shoved his middle finger in the face of the opposition and said, "Hell No!" Arnett was not working alone, he had to think about the precious lives of those who were working with him, and that is the first and foremost consideration of a good journalist -- those who are working with them. So the firing of Arnett brings up a question that in this case must be considered. Who is really controlling the media and the way the information from the media is being slanted? The firing of Arnett, of course was done at the insistance of the powers-that-be, who in affect have taken over control of the media outlets in the United States and elsewhere, and effectively turned those media outlets into propoganda tools for their own purposes; very much like Iraq has been doing to it's own media outlets. Is mainstream media really free [Freedom of the Press] anymore? No, they are not. The mainstream media outlets in the United States, especially FOX, have become nothing more than propaganda tools [State Run Media] for the elitist controllers who want the public to hear only what is proper and considered as approved material by the powers-that-be. If anyone still believes Freedom of the Press is alive and well within mainstream media -- think again -- it is not. [I interviewed for a UPI correspondents position in 1977 and declined the job offer when I discovered the puppet strings that came with the job.] That is one of the primary reason that I started these alternative news groups [Earthchanges and Roundheadwatch], so people everywhere would have another view / slant of the news and information, and one that is free of the elitist controllers, and this is one of the reasons that I take donations for what I do. I want this service to be available to all; for those who can afford a small subscription or donation, and for those who can't.I have been sick with a flare-up of some acute medical problems for several days now, and I should be in bed and not sitting here doing this, but where am I; here, doing what I love best, writing a commentary and getting the news and the information out. For those who would like to make a small donation or monthly subscription to aid in the effort of what I continue to do, you can snail mail a donation or subscription to: Sherwood Ensey HCR 64 Box 17-A Chimayo, NM 87522 For those wanting to make a small donation or monthly subscription by electronic means I have an account set up at PayPal https://www.paypal.com/ for this purpose: The account is under: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. With that said, on to the Peter Arnett story. Sherwood ********* NBC Fires Peter Arnett Over Iraqi TV Interview Mon Mar 31, 8:38 AM ET By Mark Wilkinson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American television network NBC said on Monday it had severed its relations with veteran reporter Peter Arnett after he told Iraqi television that the U.S. war plan against Saddam Hussein had failed. "Peter Arnett will no longer be reporting for NBC News and MSNBC," NBC said in a joint statement with National Geographic, for whom the Pulitzer prize-winning reporter was also working. The rest of the story is located at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030331/tv_nm/media_iraq_ arnett_dc_3 or http://makeashorterlink.com/?K6C952804 -------------------------------------------------------------- June Deborah Meek Welcome to the Cleveland Non-Violence List Serve. Visit our web-site at www.clevelandnv.org Please remember to post in plain text and post only the essential text (do not forward messy messages or webpages.) The Cleveland Non-Violence Network is the listserve of activists in the Cleveland area committed to a non-violent, justice-based response to terrorism and promoting peace nationally and internationally. 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