Peter Arnett

[Anthony]

:flames: fuk him

[LadyHawke]

They were smart enough to send Revira back to Afghanestan...

Besides, I just LOVE to watch Ollie North's news reports from his embedded position with the First Marine Expedition forces... He looks pretty darn good for an old fart, and he tells it like it is!

[Anthony]

March 31, 2003

By Ken Schram


He sits down to be interviewed on Baghdad TV by someone dressed in an Iraqi military uniform and mumbles something about a "misjudgment?"

Arnett then earnestly speaks of how the U.S. war plan has "failed" because of Iraqi resistance, and easily segues into how his reports about civilian casualties in Iraq helps those who oppose the war, AND will also help to undermine the president, and says that too was a "misjudgment?"

Peter Arnett is an idiot.

He's an idiot for having betrayed not only his colleagues and his profession, but his country.

And he's even more of an idiot if he thinks anyone's going to buy that what he did can be chalked up merely as "misjudgment."

Peter Arnett has now succeeded in further fueling questions of journalistic integrity and fairness.

At some level, people will be left wondering if news reports they see, hear or read are accurate and balanced, or if the reporter is pulling an "Arnett."

I don't accept "misjudgment" as an explanation from Peter Arnett.

I think his remarks were carefully calculated to gain him favor in Iraqi leadership circles, perhaps allowing him greater access to people and places within that country.

What Peter Arnett said and did got him exactly what he deserved: fired and disgraced.

[Edward]

Originally posted by Anthony

March 31, 2003

By Ken Schram


He sits down to be interviewed on Baghdad TV by someone dressed in an Iraqi military uniform and mumbles something about a "misjudgment?"

Arnett then earnestly speaks of how the U.S. war plan has "failed" because of Iraqi resistance, and easily segues into how his reports about civilian casualties in Iraq helps those who oppose the war, AND will also help to undermine the president, and says that too was a "misjudgment?"

Peter Arnett is an idiot.

He's an idiot for having betrayed not only his colleagues and his profession, but his country.

And he's even more of an idiot if he thinks anyone's going to buy that what he did can be chalked up merely as "misjudgment."

Peter Arnett has now succeeded in further fueling questions of journalistic integrity and fairness.

At some level, people will be left wondering if news reports they see, hear or read are accurate and balanced, or if the reporter is pulling an "Arnett."

I don't accept "misjudgment" as an explanation from Peter Arnett.

I think his remarks were carefully calculated to gain him favor in Iraqi leadership circles, perhaps allowing him greater access to people and places within that country.

What Peter Arnett said and did got him exactly what he deserved: fired and disgraced. he isnt the only ding dong over there lmao what about ole heraldo eh and his treasionus{spel check lol} act of drawing out the us troop position's and the war plan for the unit he was with . duder is lucky i wasnt over there to see him do that i think an ole m1911 whippn is in order for heraldo . but truthfully the us needs to get the bleeding harts pacifist reporter's outta iraq let our boys and girls do what needs to be done so they may return home safetly and alive and in 1 peice. hey bleeding hart pacifist's this is war not monday night football and many i say again many terrible things happen in war. thats why war is ugly not gloryious, ppl die inocent ppl die ppl whom dont flee when a invadeing army lay's seige on a city. ppl stay of course ppl civi's will die . now the ppl of bagdad know the us and british army's are comeing and most of the city is conducting bussiness like nothing is going on . well Ed me my self and I lol consider all the ppl of bagdad combantant's . so when the ppl of bagdad die hey they knew the army's of us and british are on way to lay siege . also hey mr george w bush better look at where ya placen our troops our sons and daughter's. your placen them in the center of most of the us government's enemy's yepper he sure is . real smart notttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt of ccourse unless the pres is lookn for an excuse to turn that part of the world into a glass ash tray :baddevil: