Posted on 05/22/2004 10:50:50 PM PDT by SpyderTim
"In 1995 at -- appropriately -- Abu Ghraib prison, nine Iraqi businessmen were surgically "relieved" of their right hands. While TV news producer Don North was in Iraq last year, he was shown videotapes made by Saddam's men of the amputations and determined that he would find these men and help them. He found seven of them and made his own documentary of their story including medical help. That help came in the form of state-of-the-art electronic hands, with fingers, that respond to trained muscular movements. The $50,000 hands were donated by Otto Bock, a German-American prosthetic company. The seven men were flown (with some difficulty) to Houston, where Dr. Joe Agris had to first repair the botched amputations and then give the men new hands. North has been trying for two months to distribute his documentary in the U.S., but not one broadcast or cable network will take it. Apparently, they're far too busy airing images of a few American soldiers humiliating terrorist captives at Abu Ghraib prison. Nevertheless, Dr. Agris will go to Iraq, where he hopes to help other such victims of Saddam's brutal regime."
indeed, that's another set of tapes the media is burying. and Fox News isn't showing them either.
"They fill their shows with the same guests as everyone else - Seymour Hersch, Carl Bernstein, et al."
I've noticed the same thing and it is becoming stale.
Who/what do you watch, if any?
I am listening to more talk radio. I used to only listen in the car, now I find myself listening at home also - instead of watching the cable TV talk shows.
Please consider sending a letter to FRONTLINE to suggest they pursue the possibility of airing Don North's documentary.
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