Daily Mirror newspaper hires fired journalist Peter Arnett (He's not gone yet)

Yahoo News ^ | 3-31-2003 | Kevin Sharp

[utvolsfan13]

LONDON - A British tabloid newspaper said Tuesday it had hired veteran reporter Peter Arnett, who was fired by American TV network NBC after he said the U.S.-led war effort in Iraq (news - web sites) had failed.

"Fired by America for telling the truth," said the Daily Mirror in a front page headline, adding it had hired the "legendary war reporter" to carry on telling the truth.

"I am still in shock and awe at being fired," Arnett wrote for the newspaper, which is vehemently opposed to the war. "I report the truth of what is happening here in Baghdad and will not apologize for it."

NBC fired Arnett, who won a Pulitzer Prize reporting in Vietnam for The Associated Press, on March 31, angered that he had given an unauthorized interview with state-run Iraqi TV saying the American-led war effort initially failed because of Iraq's resistance.

The network said it got thousands of e-mails and phone calls protesting his remarks.

[Mia T]

lol bump!

[WaterDragon]

Arnett has always given me the creeps. He's basically just another prissy Leftist troll.

[atomic conspiracy]

[Joe Bonforte]

Hey, check this out. Wonder if the idea came from this thread:

http://www.vodkapundit.com/archives/003825.php#003825

Notice that it was done a couple of hours after my original post. Either Stephen Green (the VodkaPundit) lurks on FR, or we have a wild coincidence on our hands.

[cherry_bomb88]

BAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....that's funny!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I...will not apologize for it.

Then what's he been doing for the past 48 hours? His face was on every TV channel, begging the American public to forgive his "foolish mistakes."

He's a socialist plant who's been "embedded" for decades. Now he's been outted, and no one of any repute will hire him again.