Posted on 03/16/2022 3:31:34 AM PDT by gattaca
Former CNN correspondent Charles Jaco mocked a Fox News reporter who was injured in Ukraine on Monday, using the opportunity to score political points and push the liberal narrative that Fox News is a mouthpiece for the Kremlin.
What is the background? Fox News announced Monday that correspondent Benjamin Hall was hospitalized after being injured "outside of Kyiv in Ukraine."
News of Hall's injury came one day after American journalist Brent Renaud — who formally worked for the New York Times, HBO, and NBC, among other outlets — was killed when Russian forces reportedly opened fire on a car he was traveling in with another journalist.
What did Jaco say? Jaco — who served as a war correspondent for CNN during the Gulf War — bizarrely used news of Hall's hospitalization to mock his employer.
"A Fox News reporter has been injured in Kyiv. If he was shot by the Russians, is that a case of friendly fire?" Jaco said. On the other hand, Jaco reacted to Renaud's tragic death by saying, "RIP, brother."
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After generating outrage, Jaco deleted his tweet and apologized for being an "asshole" — but still peddled his theory about Fox News.
"My tweet about a Fox News journo was idiotic & stupid. I apologize. I wrote 'A Fox News journo was injured near Kyiv. If it was the Russians, was it friendly fire?' While Fox is neo-fascist propaganda, that's the hosts, not reporters. I was an asshole," Jaco said.
Critics of Fox News have repeatedly accused the network of pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda, but have provided little to no evidence to substantiate their claims. While it is true that Russian state media is using Fox News host Tucker Carlson in its propaganda, the substance of Carlson's rhetoric is not pro-Russia, but anti-American interventionism.
Anything else? Iryna Venediktova, prosecutor general of Ukraine, said Monday that Hall being injured demonstrates yet again how Russian military forces are targeting civilians, CNN reported.
Under international law, journalists are protected in war zones and retain all rights of civilians.
"Journalists are protected only as long as they do not take a direct part in the hostilities. News media, even when used for propaganda purposes, enjoy immunity from attacks, except when they are used for military purposes or to incite war crimes, genocide or acts of violence," explains the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Jaco is a drunk and an asshole.
Sick and disgusting human trash
Is he even employed?
CNN. FNC.
SSDD.
Same ****, different disinformator.
EVERY Democrat is an ASSHOLE!!
Propagandist complaining about other propagandist.
It’s like the New York Times lecturing the masses about how you can’t trust Pravda.
And during the Gulf War, when American CNN (I think) correspondents were asked about what they saw there by the US government, they refused to answer, saying they had no reason to help the US.
should be formerly, not formally:
“Brent Renaud — who formerly worked for the New York Times”
there should be questions as to who fired on the 3 reporters working for Fox. there is so much hatred for Tucker Carlson’s position, there would be people on the Ukrainian side who would like to send a message to Fox.
also, now that Tucker/Hannity/Ingraham are back, Tucker’s show is not being repeated, while Hannity and Ingraham’s are...in Australia at least.
“While it is true that Russian state media is using Fox News host Tucker Carlson in its propaganda, the substance of Carlson’s rhetoric is not pro-Russia, but anti-American interventionism.”
Sounds IDENTICAL to the US media during the Vietnam War, with one exception. Why no outrage, then? Why was it ok, then?
The one exception was that media had to lie about events to further drive their anti-American narrative.
(Charles Jaco)
Wow. I remember him now.
Typical of the kind of trash that is CNN.
True but Geraldob Rivera is one of the biggest fake war correspondence.
CNN wouldn’t know news or facts if you bitched slap them with the evidence
An early morning absolutely correct comment!
Sounds like something Charles Jerko would say.
What would one expect from CNN trash?
Tucker is one of the few who does not have his head up Biden’s ass!
Hannity is absolutely unwatchable!
It’s not going to stick.
Hannity has always been a lightweight. A self grandizing pompous idiot. I couldn’t stand him 20 years ago, I can’t stand him today.
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