Posted on 10/21/2006 7:00:21 AM PDT by veronica
SAN DIEGO — CNN has become "the publicist for an enemy propaganda film" by broadcasting a video showing an insurgent sniper in Iraq apparently killing an American soldier, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said here Friday.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon) called for the Pentagon to oust any CNN reporter embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq.
"I think Americans like to think we're all in this together," Hunter said. "The average American Marine or soldier has concluded after seeing that film that CNN is not on their side."
CNN said it broadcast the brief video to show the threat that insurgent snipers posed to U.S. troops.
"Whether or not you agree with us in this case, our goal, as always, is to present the unvarnished truth as best we can," CNN producer David Doss wrote in a blog on the network's website.
Tony Snow, President Bush's press secretary, said the insurgents were hoping to "break the will of the American people" by giving the video to CNN.
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How is showing that Americans are getting killed in Iraq treason? Even in WW2 the government didn't censor pictures of dead soldiers. People were reminded a price was being paid. What the hell are you afraid of? That people will think that trying to civilize the Middle East is a fool's errand and not worth American lives anymore?
Absolutely.
I'm thinking of what it was like in WWII--when even the mail from the GIs was "censored" before it was delivered home.
This generation has a different concept of freedom, I think.
Boy, they got a lot of civic values in North Korea. Every family has a picture of Kim in their home.
Take comfort that CNN's ratings are in the toliet where they deserve to be.
Shoot the cnn reporters with AK's and blame haji! Problem solved. I am not sure whether this is sarcasm or not; I am so mad at cnn.
LLS
This makes perfect sense, CNN, a friend of America's enemies, already proved their disloyalty when they ADMITTED being in the tank for Saddam Hussein (per their former talking editor/director Eason Jordan) and essentially said they had to comply with Saddam's wishes in order to have a news bureau in Baghdad.
CNN was founded by a traitor (Ted Turner), it only follows that they would continue that tradition.
BTTT
if only to meet Jack Cafferty in an alley....oohhhh
Why did CNN do this?
Answer one: Most importantly, money. CNN and all other TV networks and local stations are in the Fall ratings period. Thus, they will do almost anything, including, IMHO, in this case, treason for viewers. The ratings they garner now will be used by their salespeople to convince advertisers to buy commercial time on their network. Ultimately, ratings and, thereby, money, is the King in television. "Nothing else" matters.
Answer two: And, of course, they did this because they are a bunch of lefties.
But mostly, it's all about the money.
FWIW, I sincerely hope the Feds will do something about this. For starters, quit taking questions from CNN reporters in new conferences.
About time someone from the Republican side of the aisle is saying something....
This is an outrage....if that was the Republican NETWORK the libs would be calling for a hanging...
1. Some say they want to return to power. That's a possible answer, but it is unsatisfying to me. It seems incomplete.
2. America must take it's place, a lesser one, in a socialist community of states under a world socialist union. Therefore, it must be defeated, demoralized, and defanged.
That one makes sense.
#54. your #2 reason listed is spot on Fellow Veteran!!!!
Here's the organization behind this in America:
http://www.dsausa.org/
Nancy Pelosi's behind the scenes organization.
Over 50 members of her side of the aisle in the U.S. House of Representatives, and a few independants including Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont belong to the "Progressive Caucas", which is the power arm of the democRATic socialists of Amerika!!!!:-(
D2
P.S. This is why ALL Republicans must VOTE on Election Day to prevent Pelosi's ilk from taking over the country!!!!
Thanks for the link and the support. I'll check it out.
Whatever day it is, it will be yet another day in the destruction of our beloved Constitution. :-( Let's not forget what our troops are fighting for--it's not to make Iraq free to eliminate freedom of the press!
Now, if you meant to say "driven off the air by low ratings and their own business decision," then it would be a different story. But I think that advocating disregard of the First Amendment is as anti-Free Republic as what CNN is doing (though I don't presume to speak for JimRob when I say anything about FR. :-)
I don't like to see our troops cut down any more than you do--any day, my brother could be one of them. :-( And our response as good American citizens should be to get the word out to other good people of this country and the world that the truth is one thing--if unvarnished--but CNN is actually painting the truth over with its own colors (pink and red?).
FRegards..
Aptly described. He goes off like the SNL Goat Boy.
I remember Cafferty from the 70's, he always had trouble keeping his bias to himself. Lately, whatever valve he had between his brain and his mouth has withered away completely. In his defense, it could be some sort of progressive dementia he can't help.
LOL!
And it is still too early for us to see video if what actuallyhappened on 9/11. Can anyone doubt that these people are working for the enemey?
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