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Dixie Chicked in the heartlandNew York Times reporter Chris Hedges warns the graduates of Rockford College that a warmongering America is "flirting with its own destruction" -- and gets booed off the stage. - - - - - - - - - - - -May 22, 2003  | Editor's note: When New York Times war correspondent Chris Hedges, a veteran of conflicts in Central America and the Balkans, delivered the commencement address at Rockford College in Rockford, Ill., on Saturday, he opened another battlefront in the war at home over America's global role. As Hedges delivered his critical remarks on...

N.Y. Times reporter booed off stage Student rebellion cuts off anti-war graduation speech Posted: May 20, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Students at a college graduation ceremony booed a New York Times reporter off the stage after he compared the United States' policy in Iraq to piranhas and a tyranny over the weak. Chris Hedges was only three minutes into his 18-minute presentation when his microphone was unplugged Saturday at Rockford College in Rockford, Ill., the Rockford Register Star reported. Amid criticism from both supporters of Hedges and his detractors, college President Paul Pribbenow is rethinking the wisdom...