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Statement from John O'Neil about ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel Oct 14 [read last paragraph]
redstate.org ^ | Oct 15, 2004 | John O'Neil

Posted on 10/15/2004 4:59:25 AM PDT by Mike Fieschko

The following statement from John O'Neil, member of Swift Boat Veterans and POW's for Truth, concerns a news segment that aired on October 14th on ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel.

"While I have a tremendous amount of respect for Ted Koppel and ABC News I was appalled to learn that ABC News would go to the lengths of traveling to Vietnam to interview three Viet Cong communists in yet a third attempt by ABC to corroborate John Kerry's version of the events that took place on February 28th, 1969.

"I would only ask the American people: 'Who do you trust more, three members of a communist regime that tortured and killed our American troops or a group of more than 280 highly decorated American veterans, who proudly served their country and are now responsible members of their respective communities.

"The number of veterans who support John Kerry's accounts of his military service would not fill one Swift Boat. But instead of sitting down to interview some of the 280 plus members of our Swift Boat organization, ABC News chose to travel to Vietnam taking extraordinary and highly suspect steps to find someone to corroborate John Kerry's story.

"ABC News Nightline has now dedicated three seperate programs to this one incident while ignoring John Kerry's now discredited Senate testimony that he spent Christmas in Cambodia, his receiving a purple heart after all three of the officers required to approve such an issuance rejected his application, or his constantly changing account of the circumstances surrounding his remaining medal, a bronze star.

"Further, one has to wonder why ABC News will not address the serious questions as to why John Kerry only received an honorable discharge through the act of then President Carter, seven years after his discharge, and had to have all of his military citations reissued, on the same day, when he became a United States Senator in 1985. And, finally, why has Nightline found it of no interest to permit any POWs to come on their program to explain why they believe John Kerry betrayed their nation, caused them to be incarcerated for an additional two years and caused them tremendous additional hardship and suffering."



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To: Mike Fieschko

BTTT!!

sKerry is a fraud....


41 posted on 10/15/2004 5:58:26 AM PDT by The Mayor (The Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.)
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To: yoe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1245822/posts

The Soros connection "Remember that infamous Oct. 8 memo from ABC News

Wasn't there recently a chart showing coverage of ABC, CNN, FOX, etc, which showed pro-Kerry bias far more favorable with ABC than even CBS, and anti-Bush bias extraordinarily exaggerated for ABC, compared to the rest? I forget the thread.

42 posted on 10/15/2004 5:59:40 AM PDT by sevry
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To: mabelkitty
Just explain-just explain to me, if you can, why do you think it is that a bunch of peasants in a truly remote part of southern Vietnam would have an interest in making up stories that would somehow benefit John Kerry and raise questions about your version of that particular incident. What motive could they possibly have?

You're absolutely correct! Kerry is a hero to the Vietnamese and honored in their War Mueum. Of course they know who he is!

43 posted on 10/15/2004 5:59:44 AM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: airborne
Museum photo and accompanying information here.
44 posted on 10/15/2004 6:03:27 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: Cricket24
Of course, I never watch them so I didn't see the show.

There were several threads on it, if you're interested. The longest is JOHN O'NEILL ON NIGHTLINE TONIGHT (Dems are e-mailing Ted Koppel to stop it!).

45 posted on 10/15/2004 6:04:08 AM PDT by maryz
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To: sevry

Thank you for posting that transcript of last nights Ted Koppel hatchet-job.

God bless John O'Neill and all the Swift Vets and POW Vets for having the courage to fight for this country in the first place and for having the courage to stand up to that dishonest traitor John Kerry 30-some years later.

Ted Koppel was never more transparently in the tank for the Kerry mythology as he was last night.. at least by reading the transcript. He represents everything that is evil in the MSM... pure, partisan bias and blatant anti-patriotic hatred that insists on continuing to masquerade as "neutral" impartial "truth seeking".

O'neill did a great job a last night and Koppel comes off as a malignant jerk. Which is what he is.


46 posted on 10/15/2004 6:04:27 AM PDT by UncleSamUSA (the land of the free and the home of the brave)
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To: Maria S
According to Steve Nash (authentiseal.org), Kerry's discharge shenanigans are supposed to blow-up by today (see the third paragraph).
47 posted on 10/15/2004 6:05:49 AM PDT by harpu
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To: Dr Snide
I've been avoiding the dishonorable discharge line of attack also but this is very interesting.

O'Neill did not say 'Senator Kerry, release all your records.' He did not say 'Sign the 180.'

O'Neill impresses me as a man in command of the evidence and a man who chooses his words carefully.
48 posted on 10/15/2004 6:07:30 AM PDT by Mike Fieschko (Stop or I shall be forced to say stop again.)
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To: harpu
According to Steve Nash (authentiseal.org), Kerry's discharge shenanigans are supposed to blow-up by today (see the third paragraph).

[stunned silence]

You know, you're absolutely right. It's been posted here many times. Wow. I had completely forgotten.
49 posted on 10/15/2004 6:09:11 AM PDT by Mike Fieschko (Stop or I shall be forced to say stop again.)
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To: Coop

What a tortured, twisted pretzel Ted Koppel made of himself - all to cover ABC's inexcusable bias.


50 posted on 10/15/2004 6:09:41 AM PDT by txrangerette
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To: sevry
We're saying that the single guy popping up out of the hole who was wounded, who may or may not have been killed by John Kerry, was not the end of that battle; that there were twenty other Viet Cong on the scene, according to the eyewitnesses . . who kept up . . who kept up . .

Kerry's home movie doesn't show the battle continuing. It shows him calmly walking out of the "jungle" after shooting the whoever.

51 posted on 10/15/2004 6:13:25 AM PDT by jackbill
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To: harpu; Mike Fieschko

Good point, but I think the 15 Oct date was simply arbitrary on his part. No rationale was provided that I saw, other than the implication that it be before 2 Nov.


52 posted on 10/15/2004 6:14:42 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: sevry
Just explain-just explain to me, if you can, why do you think it is that a bunch of peasants in a truly remote part of southern Vietnam would have an interest in making up stories that would somehow benefit John Kerry

Well this is exactly what I was posting yesterday. Having been in Vietnam for many many months over the last few years, I concur with O'Neill that the information collected from these alleged "VC vets" is highly suspect on the face of it.

Hanoi is not stupid about ABC News, they're not oblivious to what Nightline is. ABC News is not going down to the Delta unescorted to interview locals about the war, not in Vietnam. They went with at least one Communist Party overseer and probably an authorized CP translator. That's how Vietnam handles Western news organizations.

Reading through this interview, Koppel is being extremely disingenuous to evade the issue about the veracity of his "VC" sources.

And if Koppel doesn't know what would possibly motivate a "VC" in South Vietnam to lie to a reporter, well here's a clue: in Vietnam, a $20 U.S. greenback will buy you any story you could possibly want.

53 posted on 10/15/2004 6:14:53 AM PDT by angkor
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To: SE Mom
So...what I'm seeing here is an attempt on the part of ABC to knock CBS out of first place as the liberal and nuanced network of record.

Funny, sad, and true. I remember saying to Hubby that I had always thought ABC was the worst of the lot. Dan Rather proved me wrong. I guess ABC is working hard to regain the media scum crown.

54 posted on 10/15/2004 6:15:03 AM PDT by Samwise (It must be scary to be trapped in John Kerry's mind. No wonder he's nuts.)
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To: Mike Fieschko

Ted Floppel and the folks at NightLie are up to their old tricks again!


55 posted on 10/15/2004 6:15:32 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: mabelkitty
how can Koppel say these peasants don't know anything about him?

Koppel would like to bamboozle the American public into thinking these villagers are completely isolated from the outside world.

Nonsense. Somewhere in that village is a TV, and Hanoi is very good about broadcasting international news (my wife's relatives even knew about the DC snipers).

They know who Kerry is. And they know he was in Vietnam.

56 posted on 10/15/2004 6:19:04 AM PDT by angkor
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To: Mike Fieschko
The following statement from John O'Neil, member of Swift Boat Veterans and POW's for Truth, concerns a news segment that aired on October 14th on ABC's Nightline with Ted Koppel... "While I have a tremendous amount of respect for Ted Koppel and ABC News..."

What possible reason can anyone have to respect Ted Koppel and ABC News?

57 posted on 10/15/2004 6:20:32 AM PDT by stevem
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To: Mike Fieschko; Jim Robinson; Buckhead; Grampa Dave; Dog Gone; Registered; Southack; Howlin; ...

The demeaning of America's morale... Why can't people see it's "an inside job?"


58 posted on 10/15/2004 6:23:56 AM PDT by SierraWasp (The demeaning of America's morale... Why can't people see it's "an inside job?")
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To: NutmegDevil

Can you cite a source for this? I have not heard this before about Kerry's brother. If he was truly the recipient of a quid pro quo contract, this needs to be shouted far and wide.


59 posted on 10/15/2004 6:25:56 AM PDT by TommyDale
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To: CalmCorrectConservPatriotCCCP
KERRY WILL BE OUTED-HIS RECORDS LEAKED, AND IT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE 02NOV.

My heart started racing when I read...uh, ARGGHHH! ARGGHHHH!

Plonk! ;^)

60 posted on 10/15/2004 6:26:57 AM PDT by DCPatriot (I don't do politically correct very well either.)
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