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To: Nextrush
CNN created worldwide service and coverage in its formative years

Yep, CNN's Baghdad bureau broadcast live during the opening days of the first Gulf War, as long as they presented the storyline Saddam wanted. CNN didn't want to risk losing their position by broadcasting facts.
14 posted on 12/18/2016 11:16:24 AM PST by Colinsky
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To: Colinsky

“You become totally reliant on the people you are with. You identify with them” as Peter Hitchens wrote in this post.

CNN gave us the “Baghdad Bob” line.


16 posted on 12/18/2016 2:02:45 PM PST by Nextrush (Freedom is everybody's business: Remember Pastor Niemoller)
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