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The News We (CNN) Kept To Ourselves [must read]
The New York Times ^
| 04/11/03
| EASON JORDAN
Posted on 04/10/2003 9:16:06 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: dogbyte12
If I might add one line:
Think about it.
These journalists were there commemorating freely a "US" atrocity,
while they knew their colleagues had been tortured by Hussein
***AND DID NOT REPORT IT, JUST TO KEEP MARKET SHARE***
That is what is wrong with them being there.
641
posted on
04/11/2003 8:24:22 AM PDT
by
MamaLucci
(When deciding where to get your news,remember***CNN ALLOWED SADDAM TO CENSOR THEM FOR 13 YEARS***)
To: Freedom'sWorthIt
This is just so infuriating.
642
posted on
04/11/2003 8:24:50 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(It's a great day to be an American -- or an Iraqi!)
To: hawkaw
I sure hope more pick up on it. I know the left side of the media will try to "spin" it in favour of CNN but I really think these CNN guys need to be taken to task on this in a really hard way. Anybody want to bet that the "big guys"--Petah, Tom, and Danblather--won't touch this story with a ten foot pole tonight?
To: JohnHuang2; MeeknMing; Sabertooth
Thanks for the heads ups!
Comment #645 Removed by Moderator
To: Pokey78
So, this will now be the liberal media line of defense as to why they were opposed to the war...they lied for...appeasement?
646
posted on
04/11/2003 8:25:53 AM PDT
by
FBD
(May God bless our troops, and all coalition forces!)
To: All
Hmmm.....who is the CNN reporter at the daily Whitehouse briefings....? If I were THIS President (and staff) I'd surely be reconsidering what they were privy to and where they were allowed......not that the "Individual reporter" is the problem....just that CNN as a whole doesn't seem qualified in any journalistic sense.
647
posted on
04/11/2003 8:26:02 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Thank the Military for your freedom and security....and thank a Rich person for jobs.)
To: dogbyte12
"CNN was complicit in this regime's power. CNN was more interested in keeping a bureau open in Baghdad than telling the truth."
What makes this even worse is their delight in call President Bush a liar and a war monger, when it is clear the President's motives were well founded.
648
posted on
04/11/2003 8:27:09 AM PDT
by
G Larry
($10K gifts to John Thune before he announces!)
To: Magnolia
IMHO this was the network's responsibility. I will never believe that CNN wasn't to some extent aware of what was going on. Yes and yes.
To: goodnesswins
John King.
And can't you just hear him saying that he believes the White House has a right to withhold information from CNN.
That IS the title of this thread: The News We Kept To Ourselves
650
posted on
04/11/2003 8:28:21 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(It's a great day to be an American -- or an Iraqi!)
To: Howlin
Yech...John King....he's the one who at first refused to refer to the President as "President Bush." Never have trusted that guy anyway....
651
posted on
04/11/2003 8:30:01 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Thank the Military for your freedom and security....and thank a Rich person for jobs.)
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To: Howlin
653
posted on
04/11/2003 8:30:57 AM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: G Larry
"What makes this even worse is their delight in call President Bush a liar and a war monger, when it is clear the President's motives were well founded."Ah, yes, but CNN has ardent supporters even here. I don't understand it, but I've seen it with my own eyes. At CNN, Bush=bad, troops=perpetrators of war crimes, Hussein=benevolent dictator. CNN seems to live in a strange world.
654
posted on
04/11/2003 8:31:14 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
("The truth takes only seconds to tell."--Jack Straw)
To: spodefly
655
posted on
04/11/2003 8:31:57 AM PDT
by
Howlin
(It's a great day to be an American -- or an Iraqi!)
To: coteblanche
I am not saying there is no bias at CNN. There is. I repeat - they have done a good job covering the war. You and I have a different definition of the word "good."
To: Pokey78
Will this finally put an end to the small minority of Freeper's claims that maintain that CNN is giving the best, most serious and accurate coverage of this war?
Or will they, like the dummys over at DU, continue with their foolish beliefs in spite of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary?
I will never believe CNN's reportage of anything, ever again. Not that I ever did much before.
They are a sad, pathetic left-wing propaganda machine.
9/11 and this war on terror have exposed and toppled more "corrupt and evil regimes" than anyone could have bargained or hoped for.
(The UN, CNN, France, The DemonRat Party etc, etc, etc.....)
657
posted on
04/11/2003 8:32:30 AM PDT
by
Yankee
To: Yankee
NAH....CNN is just usually FIRST on site when something happens.....then, when everyone else gets there the REAL reporting starts.
658
posted on
04/11/2003 8:33:48 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Thank the Military for your freedom and security....and thank a Rich person for jobs.)
To: Howlin
I still think that your original point last night -- that CNN would NEVER put up with those kinds of limitations in this country -- is the crux of the matter.
dogbyte12's post ties in well with this point.
"Think about it. These journalists were there
commemorating freely a "US" atrocity, while they knew
their colleagues had been tortured by Hussein.
That is what is wrong with them being there."
CNN felt free to report alleged American "atrocities",
while they withheld reporting on KNOWN
Iraqi atrocities.
659
posted on
04/11/2003 8:34:17 AM PDT
by
MamaLucci
(When deciding where to get your news,remember***CNN ALLOWED SADDAM TO CENSOR THEM FOR 13 YEARS***)
To: Yankee
"Will this finally put an end to the small minority of Freeper's claims that maintain that CNN is giving the best, most serious and accurate coverage of this war? "NO. Some continue to believe that fiction, and probably will until the bitter end.
660
posted on
04/11/2003 8:34:48 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
("The truth takes only seconds to tell."--Jack Straw)
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