That's exactly what I would expect from Peetah Jennings! Unfortunately I turned the TV on after the American flag was taken off, and the Iraqi flag replaced it. What exactly happened between the time the US flag was replaced by the Iraqi one?
As the statue was toppling, Brit Hume of Fox News said the BBC wasn't even covering this event in Baghdad! They were covering some earthquake in India. Even Al Jazeera was beaming these images of Saddam being toppled all over the Arab world!
I was listening on radio, which was piping in Peetah's TV commentary. I believe they took down the US flag when the M-88 pulled up and they began working to attach the cable. I certainly would have taken the flag down at that point to avoid it being pulled to the ground.