>From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Fwd: NBC Fires Reporter Arnett!! >Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:29:17 -0500 > >Habib, Jabou, Peter Arnett just spoke what all the reporters knew and don't >dare say it. Geraldo tried to and was asked to leave Iraq. Personally, the >U S is in no position to evict any body from Iraq. Do you see how Rummy is >laying the seed of blame to Tommy Franks instead of his own ineptitude. U S >troops are being asked to pray for George Bush as if it's not enough >they're dying for his imperial culture. This was reported by the Australian >Broadcasting corporation. >Daddy Sang > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Habib Ghanim <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: 3/31/2003 12:23:14 PM > > Subject: Re: Fwd: NBC Fires Reporter Arnett!! > > > > > > > > Jabou > > > > So much for Freedom of Press and expression. Who are they kidding ? > > > > habib > > > > >From: Jabou Joh >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing > > list >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fwd: NBC Fires > > Reporter Arnett!! >Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:32:57 EST > >By David > > Bauder, The Associated Press > >NEW YORK (March 31) - NBC fired > > journalist Peter Arnett on Monday, saying it >was wrong for him to > > give an interview with state-run Iraqi TV in which he >said the > > American-led coalition's initial plan for the war had failed because > > >of Iraq's resistance. Arnett called the interview a ''misjudgment'' > > and >apologized. > >Arnett, on NBC's ''Today'' show on Monday, said > > he was sorry for his >statement but added ''I said over the weekend > > what we all know about the >war.'' > >''I want to apologize to the > > American people for clearly making a >misjudgment,'' the New > > Zealand-born Arnett said. He said he would try to >leave Baghdad now, > > joking ''there's a small island in the South Pacific that >I've > > inhabited that I'll try to swim to.'' > >NBC defended him Sunday, > > saying he had given the interview as a professional >courtesy and > > that his remarks were analytical in nature. But by Monday >morning > > the network switched course and, after Arnett spoke with NBC News > > >President Neal Shapiro, said it would no longer work with Arnett. > > > >''It was wrong for Mr. Arnett to grant an interview to > > state-controlled Iraqi >TV, especially at a time of war,'' NBC > > spokeswoman Allison Gollust said. >''And it was wrong for him to > > discuss his personal observations and opinions >in that interview.'' > > > >Arnett, who won a Pulitzer Prize reporting in Vietnam for The > > Associated >Press, gained much of his prominence from covering the > > 1991 Gulf War for CNN. >One of the few American television reporters > > left in Baghdad, his reports >were frequently aired on NBC and its > > cable sisters, MSNBC and CNBC. > >Leaving a second network under a > > cloud may mark the end of his TV career. >Arnett was the on-air > > reporter of the 1998 CNN report that accused American >forces of > > using sarin nerve gas on a Laotian village in 1970 to kill U.S. > > >defectors. Two CNN employees were sacked and Arnett was reprimanded > > over the >report, which the station later retracted. Arnett left the > > network when his >contract was not renewed. > >In the Iraqi TV > > interview, broadcast Sunday by Iraq's satellite television >station > > and monitored by The Associated Press in Egypt, Arnett said his Iraqi > > >friends tell him there is a growing sense of nationalism and > > resistance to >what the United States and Britain are doing. > >He > > said the United States is reappraising the battlefield and delaying > > the >war, maybe for a week, ''and rewriting the war plan. The first > > war plan has >failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying > > to write another war >plan.'' > >''Clearly, the American war plans > > misjudged the determination of the Iraqi >forces,'' Arnett said. > > > >Arnett said it is clear that within the United States there is > > growing >opposition to the war and a growing challenge to President > > Bush about the >war's conduct. > >''Our reports about civilian > > casualties here, about the resistance of the >Iraqi forces, are going > > back to the United States,'' he said. ''It helps >those who oppose > > the war when you challenge the policy to develop their >arguments.'' > > > >At a briefing Sunday in Qatar, Gen. Tommy Franks ticked off major > > >achievements of the war campaign, including the advance of troops to > > within >60 miles of Baghdad. But he found himself answering questions > > about whether >he had enough troops to do the job and denying that > > coalition forces were >stalled. > >A Republican congresswoman, Ileana > > Ros-Lehtinen, told Fox News Channel on >Sunday that Arnett's remarks > > were ''Kafkaesque'' and ''just crazy.'' > >''Let's hope that he's > > being coerced,'' Ros-Lehtinen said. > >The first Bush administration > > was unhappy with Arnett's reporting on the Gulf >War in 1991 for CNN, > > suggesting he had become a conveyor of propaganda. >ARnett was > > denounced for reporting that the allies had bombed a baby milk > > >factory in Baghdad when the military said it was a biological > > weapons plant. > >Arnett went to Iraq this year not as an NBC News > > reporter but as an employee >of the MSNBC show ''National Geographic > > Explorer.'' When other NBC reporters >left Baghdad for safety > > reasons, the network began airing his reports. NBC >said Monday he > > wouldn't be reporting for ''National Geographic Explorer,'' >either. > > > >The Iraqi TV interview was broadcast in English and translated by > > a uniformed >Iraqi anchor. NBC said Arnett gave the interview when > > asked shortly after he >attended an Iraqi government briefing. > >In > > the April 5 issue of TV Guide, Arnett said he felt he had found > > redemption >reporting on the current war. > >''I was furious with > > (CNN founder) Ted Turner and (then-CNN chairman) Tom >Johnson when > > they threw me to the wolves after I made them billions risking >my > > life to cover the first Gulf War,'' Arnett told TV Guide. > >''Now > > (Turner and Johnson) are gone, the Iraqis have thrown the CNN crew > > out >of Baghdad, and I'm still here,'' he said. ''Any satisfaction in > > that? Ha, >ha, ha, ha.'' > >He said the Iraqis allowed him to stay in > > Baghdad because they respect him >and ''see me as a fellow warrior.'' > > > > AP-NY-03-31-03 0910EST > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To > > Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the > > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe > > or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: > > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add > > photos to your messages with MSN 8. 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