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2006-10-21 Fifth Column

House Defense chair asks Pentagon to remove embedded CNN reporters

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Posted by Frank G 2006-10-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They sanitized the vid before airing it.
I'd say keep CNN on board. They're much easier to keep tabs on than Al-jiz.

Posted by facta non verba 2006-10-21 00:07|| 2006-10-21 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 facta non verba, sanitized or not, the only reason CNN showed the film was to try and damage President Bush going into the election. CNN considers itself a "global" news service rather than an American news service and takes special pains to prove it by reporting in an anti-American fashion. The only difference between CNN and al Jazeera is that the CNN women don't wear the hijab (yet). Embedding is a privilege that should be reserved to US media organizations rather than "global" ones.

Posted by RWV 2006-10-21 01:01|| 2006-10-21 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Good stuff, Duncan, of course we will be treated to the CNN/MSM whine

Posted by Captain America 2006-10-21 01:03|| 2006-10-21 01:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Now will CNN follow their own 'Baghdad Model' [bribes and puppy dogs/baby ducks story telling] or will they whine and seethe? I don't think Vegas bookies would even bother on that one.

Posted by Procopius2K 2006-10-21 09:44|| 2006-10-21 09:44|| Front Page Top

#5 I saw Marvin Kalb interviewed on Fox defending CNN's showing of these videos. Kalb says the American people have a right to see such videos. Of course he always defends whatever CNN does. He and Lou Dodds are idiots--they tend to induce nausea. This policy of CNN is basically a policy of showing "snuff" videos. The policy is designed to turn the American people from the war. The liberal media has always wanted to score a coup in Iraq as did Cronkite during the Vietnam war. CNN is going to get more GIs killed as the result of their cruel policy. This is truly pornographic. Where the hell did they get such videos unless from the enemy. If they were obtained from the enemy then CNN is in bed with the enemy.

Posted by JohnQC 2006-10-21 18:24|| 2006-10-21 18:24|| Front Page Top

#6 This all tracks back to former-Time and current CNN reporter, Michael Ware, who always seems to mine the nuggets from the insurgents through his sophistry.

Posted by Captain America 2006-10-21 19:29|| 2006-10-21 19:29|| Front Page Top

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