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| Brass demand NBC apology over claim sniper Kyle was 'racist' on 'killing sprees' |
| 2015-02-11 |
| [WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Already under fire from Iraq War veterans for making up events, NBC is taking new flak today from former military brass over a correspondent's claim that sniper hero Chris Kyle was a "racist" on "killing sprees" while protecting troops in Iraq. Some 22 retired generals and admirals, including a former deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, joined with dozens of other officers and the press watchdog Media Research Center in a letter to demand an apology from NBC parent Comcast after the network refused to acknowledge the comments. Kyle, the subject of the hit movie "American Sniper," said a letter to Comcast provided to Secrets, "is a hero, not a talking point for a smug journalist." The comment came from Middle East news hound Ayman Mohyeldin January 29 on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program. Ayman, formerly with Al Jazeera, said of Kyle: "Some of what people have described as his racist tendencies towards Iraqis and Moslems when he was going on some of these, you know, killing sprees in Iraq on assignment." His smackdown of Kyle, considered the nation's most effective sniper ever, caught host Joe Scarborough by surprise. He immediately challenged Mohyeldin's claim Kyle went on killing sprees, and ended the segment saying, "All right, when we come back, Ayman is going to kick around Santa Claus." In their letter, the brass and veterans demanded an on-air apology. "Mohyeldin's statements were an inexcusable slap in the face to the widow of Chris Kyle and to all those in the armed forces who continue to serve our country in harm's way. Such rants do not add anything to a thoughtful discussion of public policy regarding Iraq," they wrote in the letter being delivered today. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I personally don't care if he was racist. He was at war doing his job, and the ppl he was supposed to be killing happened to he moslem and mostly iraqi. It's not like he came home and kept killing either. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-02-11 10:07 |