Posted on 02/12/2005 4:51:47 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
ROFL!
Ah Hah!!! So ya did notice my ping-a-ling!!!
now I don't know if it is fair to say that CNN is 100 per cent against the military, maybe 90 per cent
I mean the CNN embeds during the Iraqi war itself gave some of the most brilliant reporting from Iraq, along with a few other notables, one British fellow for ITV who I think fed CNN his coverage and the fellow from MSNBC who died during the war....the whole embed experience gave such a positive light on the troops, on their day to day existence and struggles....showing the bravery of the soldiers, I still remember the coverage of a particular ambush and the soldiers that risked their lives to save other soldiers....
I'll never forget, I was clued to the TV during the war, I fell asleep on the couch and woke up around 3:00 am our time, as usual the exciting stuff usually started then, to see some fellow, I think it was the ITV guy affiliated with CNN, and a CNN crew were driving around Iraq at a very dangerous time, just after the fall of Baghdad, they were heading for Tikrit, my heart was pounding for three hours, they were driving into Iraqi military bases, which turned out to be deserted but they just as easily may not have been or they could have been rigged with bombs or land mines, and finally arriving in Tikrit where they did run into some trouble with some unfriendly natives.......and barely escaped, as shots were being fired at them as they escaped and some Iraqis e following them in vehicles....
regarding journalists at risk covering Iraq since then, the military has warned journalists time and time again about the dangers, if some journalists ignore that and especially those interviewing insurgents or going along for attacks, like I believe Al Jazeera did, who better to keep the jihadist videotape library, real and fake, stocked up...I mean when I heard Al Jazeera cameramen may have been filming hostage videos for "insurgents" well if those cameramen get killed because they were foolish to be aiding and abetting the terrorists, no sympathy from me
Once again, Michelle excels in coallating information that is chock full of very useful and revealing links. Though, kudos should go to LaShawn Barber. Who's been on the Eason story since its revelation on the net.
Outstanding investigative techniques and follow~up by all and sundry!
Next target of opportunity. UC's Professor Churchill!
Jack.
"Don't argue with a man who buys electrons by the barrel."
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We need the DAVOS tape Jack Deth.
Yes, we do need the Davos Tape, JesseJane. I don't foresee it being given up without a few months of stalling and bureaucratic delays.
Jack.
Freedom of speech does not apply to outrite lies
http://sisypheanmusings.blogspot.com/2005/02/easongate-update.html
Easongate:
I also want to comment on "Easongate", since my efforts to obtain the video has some small role to play.
Let's begin by stipulating that journalists have been killed in Iraq AND that some of those journalists were killed by U.S. fire. The Committee to Protect Journalists statistics shows nine journalists have been killed by "U.S. fire". I don't know when the page was last updated. (UPDATE: Zed at Resonant Information, and blanknoone at FreeRepublic, put together separate lists of journalists killed in Iraq)
Let's begin that if one stipulates numbers as fact, they better have a solid credible source. We no longer accept notes from mom as a source. >gr
Thanks for the info. The list put together by blanknoone got picked up by the CaptainsQuarters blog as a very important addition to the BlogStorm about Eason Jordan...Several other Blogs then referenced the Captainsquarters blog.
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