CNN TAKES HEAT FOR PACKING HEAT

New York Post ^ | 5/03/03 | Post Wire Services

[kattracks]

May 3, 2003 -- BRUSSELS, Belgium - CNN took some flak from fellow journalists yesterday for having armed security guards protect a correspondent heading into Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit last month.

The controversy erupted when CNN International's President Chris Cramer - speaking at the launch of an organization to promote journalists' safety - said the media sometimes needed armed protection.

[konaice]

Not only did Sadler's Gunsels return fire, but anyone who watches the entire incident from beginning to end will find that CNN FIRED FIRST.

You can hear gunfire on the tape...
Anderson, the anchor in the US Asks Sadler if they were being
fired on, and in reply
Sadler clearly says to Anderson, no that was (gunslingers name) fireing on that group of men, he didn't like the looks of them - they looked threatening... (or words to that effect).

I rewound my tape and listened to it again becuase I couldn't believe my ears....!

[Rodney King]

What's the problem? Why can't a journalist protect him/her self?

[SauronOfMordor]

The problem the liberal media have with this is, if CNN openly sees the need for armed protection when going into dangerous areas in Iraq, how can they then turn around and say "you little citizens don't need guns to protect yourself -- the 2nd Amendment is obsolete, etc"

[Spirited]

Whew glory! Do we really mean that their name alone won't protect them all over the globe? For all the currying they do, it should.

[marktwain]

The problem the liberal media have with this is, if CNN openly sees the need for armed protection when going into dangerous areas in Iraq, how can they then turn around and say "you little citizens don't need guns to protect yourself -- the 2nd Amendment is obsolete, etc"

Precisely. The need for self protection, and the efficacy of being armed to provide it, trumps all of the statists silly arguments about "guns are bad".

[bandleader]

Once again,The LiboCrite Grabbers have shot themselves in the foot with their collectively BLATANT HYPOCRISY!!They need firearms(or hired gunsels;see Rosie O'Dumbell),but the rest of us don't have the right of self-defense!!!!!!

[Rodney King]

OK, fair enough. I just am surprised there is such an uproar over this.