Geraldo still reporting

FOX news

[Destro]

I cast a wide net to get any accuracy-paying attention to the sources of the article. Fox has "packaged" this war better, that is for sure.

[A CA Guy]

I think the reason for reporters with the troops is that the press becomes witness to there being no war crimes by our troops.
The other side has taken American Uniforms and done some awful things while wearing them.
My prayers for the health, safty and swift return of your kids. God Bless.

[swheats]

Yea I guess it doesn't matter they refused to stop and were probably strapped with explosives. Minor details.

[rumrunner]

Maybe Debka and the GRU can help us sort out what's happening to Geraldo.

[fight_truth_decay]

Posted: March 31, 2003
1:49 p.m. Eastern



© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com


Despite a Reuters report quoting a Pentagon spokesman as claiming Fox News Channel correspondent Geraldo Rivera will be removed from Iraq, Rivera is reporting today from deep inside Iraq and insisting his ouster is a vicious rumor being spread by cable news competitor MSNBC.

The Pentagon says Rivera is being disciplined after reportedly divulging information about coalition troop movement in the war.

"He was with a military unit in the field and the commander felt that he had compromised operational information by reporting the position and movements of troops," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told Reuters. "The commander thought it best to get the reporter out of his battle space, and we understand he is being removed from Iraq."

Whitman later amended his remarks to Reuters, saying Fox News itself had agreed to remove Rivera. His previous comments suggested the military was officially expelling the reporter.

"I would say that he is going to be leaving Iraq," added Whitman. "Fox has talked to us and they have indicated to us that they are going to remove him from the area of operations."

Despite the Pentagon pronouncement, Rivera reported early this afternoon from his position among the U.S. 101st Airborne Division after the soldiers had taken control of the headquarters of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party south of Baghdad.

"It sounds like some rats at my former network, NBC, are spreading some lies about me," Rivera told Fox anchor David Asman.

"They can't compete fair and square on the battlefield, so they try to stab me in the back. It's not the first time."

Continued Rivera, "I just hear that – that someone said I had been kicked out of the country. In fact, I am further inside the country than I have every been."

Rivera then took aim at cable news network MSNBC, which trails in the ratings game as a distant third behind No. 1 Fox and No. 2 CNN, and which has come under fire for NBC reporter Peter Arnett's controversial interview with Iraqi TV. Arnett subsequently has been fired.

"MSNBC is so pathetic a cable news network that they have to do whatever they can to attract attention, but you can rest assured that anything they are saying is a pack of lies," Rivera said on camera.

Other news reports claim it was CNN that first reported the military was expelling Geraldo.

Rivera said he intends to march into Baghdad alongside the soldiers of the 101st Airborne.

According to the Reuters report, Whitman said Rivera was not officially "embedded" with the division.

A Fox spokesman told Reuters: "All I can tell you is that [Rivera's] still reporting from Iraq."

[spectre]

Good point.

I still don't know what to believe. Guess we'll have to wait for O'Reilly!!!!!!!!

sw

[subterfuge]

That was hilarious Coleus! Thanks.

[spectre]

Oh, that article REALLY cleared things up....(sarcasm off).

sw

[A CA Guy]

Or the Village People...

[Conservababe]

Brit Hume just reported that Geraldo is under an investigation by the Pentagon, but that he is still with his unit and reporting.

[CedarDave]

Brit just reported the Rivera was under investigation by the Pentagon and remains with the 101st. tonight. However, Brit ended the story with the comment that Rivera's next assignment has not yet been determined.

[spectre]

Anyone else just hear Brit Hume?

He says that Geraldo was not officially assigned or embedded with the 101st and as of now, he is still somewhere in Iraq.

Whatever that means.

sw

[GOPrincess]

It seemed like Brit didn't know a whole lot more than us, but it was good he acknowledged what's going on and that Geraldo is still where he is.

[A CA Guy]

That sounds crazy. Thanks.

[A CA Guy]

Maybe Geraldo is reporting about the night life in Iraq from under a burka.

[spectre]

Thanks, Dave.

Peter Arnett has just been hired by the London Daily News..according to Fox.

sw

[spectre]

You are right. I think Geraldo has a mind of his own :~)

sw

[CedarDave]

Thought I heard it was the "Daily Mirror".

[fight_truth_decay]

He was hired by the Daily Mirror. (FOX)

[fight_truth_decay]

Fox says he is under investigation at this time. (Hume on FOX).