[lowbridge]

Armed Services Committee Chairman Calls For Removal of CNN’s Embedded Reporters

[hodaka]

Take comfort that CNN's ratings are in the toliet where they deserve to be.

[elhombrelibre]

Of course, they would not show the "unvarnished truth" of a beheading by some nutcase Jihaddi bully. There are a lot of "unvarnished truths" that editorial good judgment would not put on TV. This story is another example of how our MSM works as the PR office for the terrorists. As Lenin said, terrorism is propaganda by deed. He further added that the purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. CNN's footage from their friends in the Islamic Army of Iraq, is intended to scare Americans, erode our support for the mission, and cast the terrorists as invincible. If this footage cast the terrorists in a weak position, would they give it to CNN? If it cast the terrorists in a weak position and made our forces appear strong, would CNN broadcast it? CNN should show us the "unvarnished truth" of how it decides what is newsworthy.

[LibLieSlayer]

Shoot the cnn reporters with AK's and blame haji! Problem solved. I am not sure whether this is sarcasm or not; I am so mad at cnn.

LLS

[mkjessup]

This makes perfect sense, CNN, a friend of America's enemies, already proved their disloyalty when they ADMITTED being in the tank for Saddam Hussein (per their former talking editor/director Eason Jordan) and essentially said they had to comply with Saddam's wishes in order to have a news bureau in Baghdad.

CNN was founded by a traitor (Ted Turner), it only follows that they would continue that tradition.

[Unicorn]

BTTT

[finnman69]

[NJJ]

It's clear the insurgents' best tactical weapon is our media, attacking us at our weakest link - our home-front, and our Democratic Party genuflecting at their contributions. Their offensive is peaking for our election and yesterday's videos looked like they were scripted in Hollywood for a blockbuster movie, with all the black billowing smoke and all.

In this election, American voters will proclaim who they really are and whether George Bush was right when he said, "we will prevail" or whether OBL was right when he said, "Americans will cut and run."

[upchuck]

Why did CNN do this?

Answer one: Most importantly, money. CNN and all other TV networks and local stations are in the Fall ratings period. Thus, they will do almost anything, including, IMHO, in this case, treason for viewers. The ratings they garner now will be used by their salespeople to convince advertisers to buy commercial time on their network. Ultimately, ratings and, thereby, money, is the King in television. "Nothing else" matters.

Answer two: And, of course, they did this because they are a bunch of lefties.

But mostly, it's all about the money.

FWIW, I sincerely hope the Feds will do something about this. For starters, quit taking questions from CNN reporters in new conferences.

[HarleyLady27]

About time someone from the Republican side of the aisle is saying something....

This is an outrage....if that was the Republican NETWORK the libs would be calling for a hanging...

[xzins]

At some point we have to have the right answer to the question: "Why does the MSM and the liberal movement in general want America to lose this war?"

1. Some say they want to return to power. That's a possible answer, but it is unsatisfying to me. It seems incomplete.

2. America must take it's place, a lesser one, in a socialist community of states under a world socialist union. Therefore, it must be defeated, demoralized, and defanged.

That one makes sense.

[daybreakcoming]

Embedded reporters sign pledges not to show the faces of dead American troops until their families are notified, but nothing prohibits the use of pictures in which identities are not discernible.

And that has nothing to do with a so-called American news agency showing video tape provided by the enemy.

CNN is putting it's money on the demos winning the next two elections and the US losing this WOT. Then they can go back into Iraq and do business with the enemy as they did before with Saddam's government.

[Gondring]

I keep reading "apparently killed"...do we know if the victim was or was not killed? Would it have been okay to show the video if he popped up unharmed?

[montag813]

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon)

Should say "(R-Cajones)". Hunter is the Man!

[kellynla]

Communist News Network, enemy of the United State of America.

[kellynla]

Duncan Hunter is on the Rick Roberts radio show in San Diego now saying that he is presently writing a letter to Rumsfield requesting that Rummy remove all CNN embedded reporters.