(VIDEO) Peter Jennings tells David Letterman: "I got my anti-Americanism through my mother's milk."

Media Research ^ | September 9, 2002 | Late Night with David Letterman

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Jennings and his ilk are slowly, but surely, being exposed for the fifth columnists they are.

[sauropod]

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[Enterprise]

Typical liberal. Blames his own stupidity on his mother.

[Bearshouse]

Surely Mr. Jennings has made enough money from us by now to go ahead and leave.

[somerville]

Typical Canadian attitude. I should know - I grew up there and left to move to the US as soon as I could to get away from anti-American sentiments. I am now a US citizen - becoming an American was the best decision I ever made.

[SlowBoat407]

I didn't see the show. Did he say nothing afterwards about his "anti-americanism" being mitigated by making his living here?

If not, what do we do with a newscaster who has admitted he is anti-American from childhood and has not changed that opinion?

[diamond6]

What is a fifth column?

[68 grunt]

Man, you're cookin'!

[Jenya]

Unreal. The anti-American sentiment is deeply engrained in Jennings. I stopped watching him years ago when he couldn't contain his liberal feelings. He has a smirk and a lousy tone in his voice when reporting something positive about a Republican issue, and smiles like a Cheshire cat when praising the RATS.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"What is a fifth column?"

Democrats.

[vetvetdoug]

There are eighty pathogens that can be transmitted through milk. 82 if you include stupidity and communism.

[diamond6]

But what does it mean? What would be a fourth column?

[SE Mom]

"any clandestine group or faction of subversive agents who attempt to undermine a nation's solidarity. "

as defined by Encylopedia Brit.

[Urbane_Guerilla]

In all fairness, he did NOT say that he "got" his anti-Americanism from his mother's milk, nor did he even imply that he was anti-American (whether he is or not is another story). Your headline is very misleading.

[Mr. K]

OK now there's TWO news anchors that should be fired

[Ben Chad]

What is a fifth column?

From the Spanish Civil War. Franco's forces (usually) attacked in 4 columns - with the "Fifth Column" being sympathisers within the attacked town/city.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Answered/Question23588-12.asp?Page=1

[everitt12]

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000110.html

this is a definition of the term fifth column.

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

fifth column

I really appreciate the wealth of information available on the Internet. Prior to its advent, I had to lug around a twenty pound Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.

[DuncanWaring]

I remember after the 2000 election, when al-Gore as finally going to make his real, final, concession announcement, Petah was doing his "We now go to..." transition, there was a catch in his voice that sounded like he was going to break into tears.

[N. Theknow]

Jennings admits that as an anti-American he sucks.