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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: KantianBurke
Giving aid and comfort to the enemy is treason my friend. Have you heard what he said?
41 posted on 03/31/2003 4:33:11 AM PST by ItisaReligionofPeace ((the original))
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To: KantianBurke
He has a record of bashing the US military.

He was involved in that blood liable saying our troops use Sarin gas on civilians in Nam. (In that incident 2 CNN staff were fired and Arnett got a reprimand)

During Desert Storm he was fired by CNN.

Now gave aid and comfort to the enemy.

42 posted on 03/31/2003 4:33:17 AM PST by mware
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To: laz17
I think he should stick close to one of his beloved Iraqi generals and see "up close and presonal" how the US "loses" war.
43 posted on 03/31/2003 4:33:33 AM PST by gramho12 (God bless our troops)
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To: KantianBurke
CNN paid $13,000,000 to General Singlaub and others defamed in story inorder to settle case.
44 posted on 03/31/2003 4:33:47 AM PST by MindBender26 (... and for more news as it happens, stay tuned to your FReeper station.)
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To: judicial meanz
The one exception that springs to mind is Lord Haw Haw's broadcasts for the Nazis from Berlin.
45 posted on 03/31/2003 4:34:05 AM PST by goldstategop
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To: judicial meanz
I dont remember any WWII correspondents giving Goebbels interviews and claiming the Allies were losing and had to review their battle plans.

Were there anti-war protestors in the streets across America then? NO. Were there Congressman liars like Rangle saying our troops were intentionally bombing women and children then? NO.

46 posted on 03/31/2003 4:34:45 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Sister_T
Illbay wouldn't know reality if it drove over him. Tailwind was a fake story based upon a senile nursing home patient and a alcoholic street ex-soldier. Arnett blindly read the voiceover. This time he is actively supporting a enemy of our men, at a time of war. Naturally this isn't obvious to IB.
47 posted on 03/31/2003 4:35:08 AM PST by Leisler
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace
My email to him said just that.
48 posted on 03/31/2003 4:35:12 AM PST by MEG33
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace
Not till I asked. I've been in and out of FR these past few days.
49 posted on 03/31/2003 4:35:14 AM PST by KantianBurke (The Federal govt should be protecting us from terrorists, not handing out goodies)
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To: goldstategop
I forgot him...thanks.
50 posted on 03/31/2003 4:37:01 AM PST by judicial meanz (Audaces Fortuna Juvat)
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To: nicmarlo
Were there anti-war protestors in the streets across America then? NO. Were there Congressman liars like Rangle saying our troops were intentionally bombing women and children then? NO.

of course there were. america first, for one. the anti-war movement was substantially bigger and more organized then, in fact, than it is now.

dep

51 posted on 03/31/2003 4:37:08 AM PST by dep
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To: nicmarlo
"Were there anti-war protestors in the streets across America then? NO. Were there Congressman liars like Rangle saying our troops were intentionally bombing women and children then? NO."

They knew back then that if they pulled this stuff, they were toast. They are finding our now.
52 posted on 03/31/2003 4:38:11 AM PST by judicial meanz (Audaces Fortuna Juvat)
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To: dep
Bwa-ha-haaaa! That must be a record for total media capitulation to viewer outrage! Talk about folding like a cheap suit! I figured it would at least take a full business day for NBC and National Geographic to realize what a crisis they had on their hands; instead it was all settled in the middle of the night on Monday morning!

Anyway, if Arnett at least had the balls to apologize live on-air (which he did, so much and so often that it was almost sad), so can I. I hereby apologize to NatGeo for saying they were a bunch of leftists that would be downright gleeful about his comments and the anger they caused. I still think they're a bunch of leftists, but at least they've got the brains to realize when they've really crossed the line.

53 posted on 03/31/2003 4:39:29 AM PST by Timesink (If you use the word "embedded" in a conversation, you'd better be carrying an x-ray to show me.)
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To: dep
The freaks over at that other site are all crying like babies! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA (just like election night 2002, now that was sweet!)
54 posted on 03/31/2003 4:39:37 AM PST by chance33_98 (www.hannahmore.com -- Shepherd Of Salisbury Plain is online, more to come! (my website))
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To: Beck_isright
Since he's no longer employed and not worth any more propaganda value, does this mean the Iraqis will take him out back and give him a smoke and a blindfold?

His next job will be a Taxi driver in Iraq. You know the kind. "Amercian liberator. Please, can you help me find this Address? Boom!"

The little traitor is going to be body double for the Saddam's UN representative Mohamed al Combover.

I hope he catches on with Al Jazeera actually.

55 posted on 03/31/2003 4:40:36 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
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To: KantianBurke
They made all that up. I was in Saigon when the "peace" treaty was signed in 1973. You couldn't see the end of the line of American deserters turning themselves in. Those cowards didn't hide in the jungle, they stayed in the cities.
56 posted on 03/31/2003 4:41:14 AM PST by U S Army EOD (Served in Korea, Vietnam and still fighting America's enemies on Home Front)
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To: MindBender26
General Singlaub is a wonderful gentleman. During CPAC conference I had the honor to be at the same table during the conference. To look at him you would never know that he was such a warrior.

He rescued 400 POW's in a mission during WW2.

Member of OSS during WW2.

One of original members of CIA

Bucked Carter when Carter wanted to take our troops out of S. Korea.

57 posted on 03/31/2003 4:41:23 AM PST by mware
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To: dep
I am not American.
Can someone tell me what are the grounds for revoking American citizenship?
It seems to me Arnett has fulfilled them.
58 posted on 03/31/2003 4:41:35 AM PST by Allan
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To: GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
He basically said the U.S. plan wasn't working and stated that because of his reporting, people in the U.S. were questioning the U.S. position

He thinks it's because of him? No lack of self-esteem here, is there?

Maybe with all his vast network reporting expertise he can get a job at Al-Jazeera.

59 posted on 03/31/2003 4:42:10 AM PST by Alouette
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To: dep
the anti-war movement was substantially bigger and more organized then, in fact, than it is now.

While our troops were in Germany?

60 posted on 03/31/2003 4:42:33 AM PST by nicmarlo
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