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Arnett fired
033103 | NBC

Posted on 03/31/2003 4:18:35 AM PST by dep

"It was wrong for Mr. Arnett to grant an interview with Iraqi state television," said NBC in a statement. NBC, MSNBC, and National Geographic have all fired him.

Arnett on live, apoligizing to "NBC, MSNBC, National Geographic, and the American people." He then goes on to say that all he said in the interview was "what we all know.


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To: smith288
How did you guess?
401 posted on 03/31/2003 11:50:18 AM PST by Allan
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To: VRWC_minion
You disagree and call me names instead of having a rational discussion.

Wrong. I correctly characterized Arnett's actions as treasonous. You continue to demonstrate your inability to distinguish between antiwar sentiment expressed domestically and that expressed for propaganda purposes on Iraqi state television. No matter. You don't matter. You are a minority of precisely one.

402 posted on 03/31/2003 11:53:12 AM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: Allan
No reason not to fly that flag. It is obvious that Canada is being led by a bunch of liberal elitists. Take the flag back!
403 posted on 03/31/2003 11:58:11 AM PST by smith288 (Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
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To: unaffiliated1
Still learning the ropes here

Hang in there buddy...

404 posted on 03/31/2003 12:02:39 PM PST by LowOiL ("I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me" -Gen. Patton)
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To: smith288
There is no way the Liberals ever can be removed.
The urban areas of Ontario have been flooded with immigrants
(you have to see it to believe it)
who vote 95% Liberal.

And the French never are going to vote themselves
off the gravy train
unless to vote Bloc Quebecois
who are even worse than the Liberals

405 posted on 03/31/2003 12:26:26 PM PST by Allan
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To: Redbob
Read the whole thing.

I did. There is no quote like what you said.

406 posted on 03/31/2003 12:28:38 PM PST by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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To: Allan
That sucks.
407 posted on 03/31/2003 12:28:46 PM PST by smith288 (Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
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To: M. Thatcher
Wrong. I correctly characterized Arnett's actions as treasonous.

You did no such thing. You gave yoru opinion without stating what constitutes treason and how that applies here. The first requirement is intent and you have provided no evidence to support that. The last requirement is "aid and comfort". Have the courts defined that ? I couldn't find it. With your superior IQ, I'd be cerain you can.

You continue to demonstrate your inability to distinguish between antiwar sentiment expressed domestically and that expressed for propaganda purposes on Iraqi state television.

You finally get to the issue that I can begin to agree with. If he is guilty of anything, it is the act of granting and giving the interview no matter what he said. The mere fact he showed up had propaganda value and he should have known better.

As far as defining the line he crossed to be "expressed for propaganda purposes on Iraqi state television", I don't think that quite captures the offense. If that were true then I could make a case that Dan Rather's interview would have served the same purpose. I think the issue is that we have begun the war not that he participated at all. I have come to the conclusion that he crossed the line (regardless of his personal opinions) when he agreed to do the interview while we are at war.

No matter. You don't matter. You are a minority of precisely one

In the final analysis, we all are.

408 posted on 03/31/2003 12:39:16 PM PST by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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To: goldstategop
Peter Haw Haw? Baghdad Pete?
409 posted on 03/31/2003 12:47:32 PM PST by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
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To: jimbo123
jimbo123 says:   "He's still featured on the National Geographic website..."

Not really (unless they just changed their website). If you click on the Peter Arnett photo at the top of their home page it goes to a story entitled "National Geographic Fires Peter Arnett".

The next issue is, can we also "fire" his (naturalized) U.S. citizenship and send him back to New Zealand?

--Boot Hill

410 posted on 03/31/2003 1:17:13 PM PST by Boot Hill
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To: KantianBurke
Check out the transcript Manny.
411 posted on 03/31/2003 1:17:41 PM PST by wardaddy (G-d speed our fighters!)
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To: alisasny
Not sure if I'm comfortable with the trend I'm seeing here. Whether one agrees with someone's views or not, it doesn't make sense to me to see people lose their jobs and careers because of something they said about politics.

This is the sort of thing that's happened to conservatives for a long time in this country--conservatives persecuted for their views, etc. As a conservative, I don't feel comfortable cheering when liberals are economically punished for their beliefs.

I know there's a temptation to see this as "paying back" the Left, but at some point this brutal form of politics has to stop. People have to work for a living, after all. What goes around comes around, and all that.

413 posted on 03/31/2003 2:08:51 PM PST by Hoppean
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To: VRWC_minion
Reporters are not to be the news. For that reason, he has lost all jounalistic credibility.

Quit beating a dead dog.

He was wrong, and he paid for it.

414 posted on 03/31/2003 2:10:10 PM PST by happygrl
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To: mware
When I called MSNBC last night and they asked me the nature of my call I told them, the comments of Peter Arnett, he took a long painful breathe and connected me to another person. They I called National Geographic and gave them a piece of my mind too.

We need to punish NBC/MSNBC for hiring him in the first place and rushing to defend him when it first came out!

Stop watching them!

That is the one thing that they understand, as the 'Dixie Chicks' are learning!

415 posted on 03/31/2003 2:14:54 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: Allan
Move to one of the Western Provinces and join a secession movement.

It WILL happen someday in Canada.

416 posted on 03/31/2003 2:15:56 PM PST by happygrl
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To: Beck_isright
Censorship is the government acting to stifle the press, not public pressure. Please use the word correctly.

The majority can be as tyrannical as the State, because either way, the individual gets crushed if he doesn't align his thoughts with those who hold the power.

417 posted on 03/31/2003 2:43:54 PM PST by Hoppean
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To: walkingman

Great, I could not have said it better myself.
Don't let up.
Matt and Katie need a lesson on conducting interviews, fair and balanced.
418 posted on 03/31/2003 2:47:37 PM PST by fabriclady
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To: GirlShortstop
imbedded reporters

That's "embedded" dear ...

419 posted on 03/31/2003 3:39:37 PM PST by _Jim ( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
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To: _Jim
That's "embedded" dear ...

Thanks Jim!   Are you on-call 24/7 for FReeper proofing by any chance?
420 posted on 03/31/2003 4:00:34 PM PST by GirlShortstop
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