NOMINATIONS NEEDED: Free Republic's Peter Arnett Awards

Monday, April 26, 2004 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Nominations are requested for Free Republic's Peter Arnett Awards 'honoring' those reporters, news organizations and public figures whose reporting and statements have given aid and comfort to the enemy and undermined morale in the war on terrorism like Mr. Arnett did last year with his infamous interview in Baghdad saying the Americans were losing the war against Saddam.

Nominations will be accepted until 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 28. Voting will commence later that evening with the cutoff time to be announced when the voting thread is posted.

Please provide a source link or documentation where possible.

A couple nominees to get things started:

The Washington Post for its cheerleading of the so-called antiwar movement. Nearly every prominent antiwar leader has been sympathetically profiled in the Style section and nearly every antiwar protest, no matter how small, gets reported on in glowing terms. The Post has never reported in depth about the background, funding and true agendas of the major antiwar groups.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) for his 'Iraq is Bush's Vietnam' speech. Kennedy's speech was used as a rallying cry by Muqtada Al Sadr who threatened that "Iraq will be another Vietnam for America."

The winners will be announced at the sixth annual freep of liberal bias in the media held outside the White House Correspondents Association dinner by the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com on Saturday, May 1.

[CFC__VRWC]

How about a trifecta of NBC propagandists?

1. Chris Matthews (again).
2. Katie Couric
3. David Gregory.

I'd put Tim Russert on this list, but he (inadvertently, I have to believe) redeemed himself a little by giving John F'ing Frankenberry enough rope to hang himself over the release of his military records. This little event is what precipitated Frankenberry's current self immolation. So I'll let Russert slide with an honorable mention.

[ride the whirlwind]

Specifics? Not being a viewer of Hardball after being a sporadic one at best, I would defer to a more regular watcher of the show to provide anything really recent and specific.

But, this is from January 26, 2004, and provides an indication of his mind-set:

Chris Matthews: 'The French were right' So was Dean, MSNBC host says, calling Iraq war 'big mistake'

[I'm ALL Right!]

Let's not leave out KATIE COURIC for her soft heart for Saddam. I specifically remember her "hoping" on air the US hadn't taken out Saddam. I wish I could remember the actual quote.

[hole_n_one]

I'm sure you can squeeze Andrea Mitchell in there, somewhere.

[CFC__VRWC]

Specifics? Not being a viewer of Hardball after being a sporadic one at best, I would defer to a more regular watcher of the show to provide anything really recent and specific.

Well, on the day Dr. Rice testified before the 9/11 kangaroo court, Matthews had the "9/11 widows" on (for the umpteenth-millionth time) and asked them if they would approve of using sodium pentathol on President Bush.

The thing with Matthews is, which comment do you pick?

[Texas Eagle]

What is the statuette called?

The "Peter"?

[Petronski]

If the statuette is known as the "Peter," I don't want to see it.

[Texas Eagle]

The "Clymer"?

[hole_n_one]

Dan Rather: Poor (U.S.) Economy Leads to Civilian Deaths in Iraq

[hoosiermama]

Should this be moved to the activism section?

[ride the whirlwind]

Ah yes, the infamous 911 Widows.
...and asked them if they would approve of using sodium pentathol on President Bush.

That's probably one of the nicer things he's said about President Bush of late.

[TheBigB]

US reporters only? How about John Pilger and Robert Fisk?

[hoosiermama]

Can we somehow work the authors of the "Memogate" memo into the fray......? Granted they're not media, but they sure created news.

[kayak]

This may catapult Michael Moore to the top of the list.

WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

Michael Moore: Iraqi terrorists are "minutemen", American troops must shed blood

Have you considered calling this the Benedict Arnold Award?

[Susannah]

Here's a link to Hillary's statements:

http://www.famousidiot.com/index.php?celebrity_id=84


I'd also like to nominate Bill Moyers.

[Susannah]

( 4/6/2004 ) "Today Show" host Katie Couric apparently just can't resist giving deposed Iraqi mass murderer Saddam Hussein an occasional compliment. During an interview with Senators Joe Biden and John McCain on Monday, she said that while the Butcher of Baghdad may have been "deplorable," at least he "kept the Sunnis and the Shiites apart and from killing each other." Actually, Couric's partly right - though she failed to mention how Hussein accomplished his amazing peacekeeping miracle: by exterminating the Shiites who dared to rise up against him, including the father of the Iraqi imam who's currently leading the latest insurgency.

source: newsmax via www.famousidiot.com

[Susannah]

What liberal media? ;^)

http://www.uncommonknowledge.org/01-02/615.html
A poll by the Center for the Study of Social and Political Change in 1992, eighty-three percent of film and television writers, directors and producers voted for Bill Clinton. Eighty-three percent. The vote that Clinton received in
the country at large, forty-three percent.


http://www.mediasearch.org/news/cyberalert/1996/cyb19960507.html...Freedom Forum survey of Washington reporters and bureau chiefs revealed 89 percent voted for Clinton versus 7 percent for Bush in 1992.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a390a612767e5.htm
(the media big six) 92% voted for Clinton.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/fr/608305/posts
The Ivy League Colleges slant

[Susannah]

Mickey Moore should have his own special award for anti-Americanism.

" ( 11/5/2003 ) On his international book tour, the author of “Dude, Where’s My Country?” was asked what he thought of Americans. “They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet ... in thrall to conniving, thieving, smug pricks,” he replied. “We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don’t know about anything that’s happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.”

source: MSNBC via www.famousidiot.com

[Grampa Dave]

[Grampa Dave]

For the most outrageous creation that was exposed on Free Republic, we would have to nominate Doug Thompson for his creation of the CIA Agent dealing with the evil GW.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/942488/posts

Did Capitol Hill Blue Post An Article With Fabrications?
Me ^


Posted on 07/08/2003 1:32:03 PM PDT by William McKinley


In this article on Capitol Hill Blue, there are the following lines:

"The report had already been discredited," said Terrance J. Wilkinson, a CIA advisor present at two White House briefings. "This point was clearly made when the President was in the room during at least two of the briefings."

Bush's response was anger, Wilkinson said.

"He said that if the current operatives working for the CIA couldn't prove the story was true, then the agency had better find some who could," Wilkinson said. "He said he knew the story was true and so would the world after American troops secured the country."

Serious allegations. But I notice it is a single source. Being a conservative, I value the lessons of experience, and experience has told me that single sources are to be treated with skeptism. When I see one, I want to know more about the source quoted so as to establish if I should treat that source as credible.
So what about "Terrance J. Wilkinson"?

A Google search for "Terrance J. Wilkinson" found no results (which will change when Google picks up the Capitol Hill Blue article).

Google suggested that the name might be Terrence. But a Google search on "Terrence J. Wilkinson" also produced no hits.

Perhaps the middle initial is the problem. Alas, a Google search on "Terrence Wilkinson" CIA gave no hits, and a Google search on "Terrance Wilkinson" CIA also yielded no hits.

A Google news search on Terrence Wilkinson comes up with nothing relevant. So does a Google news search of Terrance Wilkinson.

A Google search on one of the phrases from one of the quotations comes up empty.

I would anticipate a 'CIA advisor' who attends the same briefings as the President to live somewhere near D.C. But there are no listings according to Anywho for a Terrance or Terrence Wilkinson in D.C., Maryland, or Virginia.

A Google search on "CIA Advisor" Wilkinson also comes up empty.

Perhaps Capitol Hill Blue would be better served by providing some more information about the person quoted so that others can judge his credibility. That is, if he exists.