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Media watchdog says concerned CNN had armed guard
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| 4/13/03
Posted on 04/13/2003 9:48:09 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: hgro
"CNN should not have been there in the lst place."
Mega dittos! And, if they feel it necessary to have armed guards, then that, in itself, should tell them not to go there.
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posted on
04/13/2003 10:17:01 AM PDT
by
whadizit
To: jimbo123
I wonder what the gun control lefties at the Coverup News Network think about this? Rules are for the little people.
To: kattracks
Very liberal with the truth
NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS- CNN
Excellent comment
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posted on
04/13/2003 10:17:38 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: kattracks
Media watchdog says concerned CNN had armed guard Interesting development from the network that loves and supports any and all gun control initiatives.
CNN thought that taking over a town was a cakewalk.
The CNN reporters deluded themselves into believing that they will be able to "take over" Tigrit before our military got there.
Now they have been shown for the fools they are.
To: kattracks
Look at this as a practice run for CNN during the next 3-5 years in Iraq.
They'll need armed guards to protect themselves against the IRAQI PEOPLE for at least that long because of their collective silence, from Eason Jordan on down, about Saddam's murder and torture, in return for their precious "access," and their slanted anti-war coverage leading up to the conflict, in spite of what they collectively knew.
To: kattracks
This is all inside baseball stuff. Journalists have always hired locals to give them safe passage to and through dangerous areas. And what that CNN guy Jordan reported in the NYT the other day was well known as SOP and well-reported.
Save your ire for the important stuff.
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posted on
04/13/2003 10:25:31 AM PDT
by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: kattracks
Sounds like a great idea to me!
This "problem" is self-correcting.
CNN, however, better start interviewing replacement correspondents.
To: sargon
Exactly the point! Some folks in the USA and other nations have forgotten this exact concept, and the "Creative News Network" seems to be selective as to how the endorse such behavior.
To: kattracks
Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), expressed concern on Sunday that a CNN team reporting from Iraq was travelling with an armed guard, saying it set a "dangerous precedent" that could imperil other journalists. In response, a convoy of 24 armed CNN "technicals" mounted a "Thunder Roll" operation against the RSF inflicting heavy casualties and capturing over a dozen RSF prisoners.
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posted on
04/13/2003 10:32:46 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: thegreatbeast
PJ O'Rourke talked about these in his articles from Somalia; "Fixers" or what he called "Combat Accountants."
I don't know if it's always normal for them to be armed when they're out with them on a story, though.
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posted on
04/13/2003 10:33:48 AM PDT
by
John H K
To: thegreatbeast
I'll accept your first contention, but I won't accept CNN's failure to report torture and murder in the midst of a supposedly informed debate about whether to go to war. Their failure enabled The Left to contend that it was only right-wing talk shows that couldn't be trusted who were relaying what was leaking out of Iraq about its horrors.
This is no different from the NY Times stooge who covered for Stalin in the 1930s while he was killing and starving millions. Or was that also "well-reported SOP"?
And the "SOP" continues. I believe CNN has compromised itself in return for access with the Palestinians and with Cuba. CNN will never tell you about the PLO hanging anyone who speaks to an Israeli soldier as a "collaborator," and probably hasn't said a word about the recent Cuban crackdown.
CNN--the Compromised (and Cowardly) News Network.
To: Polybius
Re:
In response, a convoy of 24 armed CNN "technicals" mounted a "Thunder Roll" operation against the RSF inflicting heavy casualties and capturing over a dozen RSF prisoners. ROFL !
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posted on
04/13/2003 10:38:01 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(HEY CNN: No Blood for ratings)
To: kattracks
If the Passover Story Were Reported by The New York Times, CNN or the LA Times
HERE
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posted on
04/13/2003 11:00:24 AM PDT
by
Davis
To: kattracks
"Armed Guard". I thought only celebs traveled that way in the US. They want to feel immmmpppppportttttant.
To: kattracks
Reporters sans intelligenceWe do not care if Saddam abuses journalists, but if CNN defends itself, that is the crime.
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posted on
04/13/2003 11:09:23 AM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: minmospop
"Creative News Network" . . lol . .
CNN blow-dryed poodle: "Hello Mr. Mubari, I'm from CNN and we're going to film you killing Americans"
Mr. Mubari: "Cool"
CNN blow-dryed poodle: "When the Americans come down the road, we'll be on that rooftop, but wait untill sunset so we can back light your boys."
Mr. Mubari: "backlight?"
CNN blow-dryed poodle: "Just don't set off the anti- tank in the center square untill we get the high speed camera set up, it does 1000 frames a second, but only films for a few seconds, so wait for our signal, ok?"
Mr. Mubari: "CNN uh Akbar!"
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posted on
04/13/2003 11:19:08 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(HEY CNN: No Blood for ratings)
To: Drango
NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS
Classic! My new anti-media mantra.
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posted on
04/13/2003 6:00:40 PM PDT
by
Choose Ye This Day
(Love, peace, and harmony: Very nice, very nice, very nice...but maybe in the next world.)
To: John H K
I don't know if it's always normal for them to be armed when they're out with them on a story, though. Maybe CNN will take to arming thier journalists when they cover riots in America or enter into poorer/high crime neighborhoods. I wonder if their audience will be upset when they start shooting at American civilians and don't stick around to talk to the authorities.
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posted on
04/14/2003 9:38:02 AM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
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