CNN Defends Showing Terrorist Sniping Americans (CNN Declares Jihad on America)

NewsBusters ^ | 10/20/2006 | Matthew Sheffield

[tobyhill]

If the war in Iraq were solely a military engagement, it would have ended long ago. Al Qaeda and its ad hoc allies are militarily insignificant. In a standing battle, they'd be wiped out in a matter of minutes.

The enemy there realizes this and has moved to a strategy that emphasizes small skirmishes and targeting civilians, not in the hopes of winning the day, but in the hopes of intimidating Iraqis--and Americans. They've said as much repeatedly that their goal is to scare us and our allies into yielding.

With that fact in the public record, you'd think no American media outlets would play into this strategy. You'd be wrong, though. CNN continues to play al Qaeda's useful idiot by defending its airing of footage of American troops being sniped at by terrorists saying it's only interested in providing "the unvarnished truth:"

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Damn them.

[Gaffer]

Maybe, in the near future, we can see some scope shots of CNN reporters on other networks....

[tobyhill]

That's what I was thinking, turnabout is fair play.

[AliVeritas]

I second... and may it be fair and balanced. /s

[A CA Guy]

OK, so where are all the American victories over terror in Iraq being broadcast on CNN and how come they can show that and not the innocent jumping out of buildings on 9-11?

[IncPen]

But you know... the first journalist gets popped and they act like it's an assassination.

Damn the media.

[Miss Didi]

Rush had an excellent rant on this today. If you missed it, check the website for transcripts.

[A CA Guy]

In WW2 if we had cable news services like CNN we might all be speaking German today.

A pox on them. They are sabotagers of American interest and security.

[fireforeffect]

No.

First ID the service members involved.

Get the families to sue for pain and suffering.

Hopefully one of them lived in Alabama, a state famous for it's large pain and suffering awards.

[Txsleuth]

We all know that our troops are dying over there...so there was no "news" in that...just propaganda for the terrorists.

[popdonnelly]

If they're going to show it, they should at least include a caption that says, These are the people that Code Pink, Michael Moore, and Cindy Sheehan support.

[Gaffer]

On the surface your idea is good, but if I were the solder and it was my family, I would not want them to see exactly how I died....I still like mine better.....

[OldFriend]

As always CNN supports and defends the enemies of civilization.

Imagine admitting to being in contact with murdering scum and then bragging about having the exclusive tapes.

[Gaffer]

The Muslim that did it was being a Muslim. The bastard that got the tape, decided on the tape is the one you should vent your anger at. Still, retribution on the Muslim is warranted, but with the cold calm of an AMERICAN sniper bullet.

[hoyaloya]

"unvarnished truth?"

I guess we'll be seeing intimate and close up footage of U.S. troops wiping out bad guys soon on CNN?

[White Bear]

The MSM is scum. We shouldn't support them in any way. I'm sure the military types will really enjoy the fact that CNN showed this attack on one of its own. I know what I would do if I had a CNN reporter embedded with my unit. CNN is an accomplice to the terrorists. We should treat it as such IMO.

[Txsleuth]

PING

[Chena]

People, such as we, who know exactly what CNN is doing and are furious about it, need to band together and TURN THEM OFF!