Arnett fired

033103 | NBC

[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.

[DB]

Start here Peter Arnett praises Iraq Ministry of Truth

[Petronski]

Bwahahahaha!!!! Couldn't happen better to a f*cked up bottom sucking, pond scum low life loser like Baghdad Pete than to lose his job with an American network.

You have a way with words that has comprehensively anticipated my thoughts on the matter. Well done.

[nicmarlo]

disgraceful!

[nina0113]

>>He's still featured on the National Geographic website...<<

Could you let the Webmaster have his COFFEE?

[GirlShortstop]

It was much too early for viewer outrage to get him.

This was BIG BOSS outrage, pure and simple.

Cha-Ching!   Perhaps concerned that other imbedded reporters would have been ousted?   That would have been suicide! $

[DB]

Go here Reporter Arnett: U.S. War Plan Has Failed (washingtonpost.com) to.

[jimbo123]

I wonder if the missing NY Newsday journalists' families and colleagues agree with Baghdad Pete...

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

As of 7:58 am EST Drudge has not posted this. He still has the old story with Peter's ugly puss looking at us. I sent Matt the following email:

Dear Mr Drudge

Hey, Peter, the America hater has been fired! Put that in your F'n headline! Find a pic of him kissing Saddam's posterior and post that!

(Signed with my real name)

Now I feel better!

[carton253]

Saves me one angry phone call!

[syriacus]

The Iraqis at the Ministry of Information sure know a sucker when they see him.

[concerned about politics]

DU Dummies.com....(I kid you not. This is cut and paste!)

Fantastic opportunity for Al-Jazeera If Peter Arnett joins them.
Could turn the reporting of the war on its head as the English speaking viewers could get another perspective from this great Arab TV service and would be a boost for this independent Arab TV service.

[jporcus]

NBC could really make a statement by firing the person who hired Arnett.

[Beck_isright]

"This was BIG BOSS outrage, pure and simple."

Not to mention the fear of everyone dumping GE stock in protest bringing it down to $18 a share. I'm sure the BIG BOSS did not want to answer the 1000 phone calls demanding a statement and interviews not to mention the hundreds of thousands of emails generated since yesterday afternoon.

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[fatima]

dep,Shame on him.We watched him last night on TV and could not believe what we were hearing.

[Constitutional Patriot]

Another commie is shown the door.

[DB]

Exactly. What a fool he is.

[Beck_isright]

Drudge sleeps in on Mondays because he does his radio show late on Sunday nights. Besides, did you hear the Rather tape from last night? Wow, just as bad as Arnett.

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[dep]

As of 7:58 am EST Drudge has not posted this.

cut the guy some slack. he cannot be awake 24 hours a day. and he did have his radio show late last night.

additionally, there's really nothing to link to, though i suppose the nbc release is on the p.r. newswire someplace, though i didn't find it when i went there a few minutes ago.

dep

[xkaydet65]

" Let's get rid of de Genova."
Absolutely not. We must make him and his statements the poster of the anti American movement. Let all Americans see who and what these people are. Keep him and his ideas in the spotlight.

[willingtodie]

What I want to know is, does bolstering the confidence of the enemy qualify as "Aid and Comfort"?

In a word,,YES.