I don't know the exact phrase that caused the uproar but wasn't it something like, "The first plan failed due to Iraqi resistance and now they'll be drawing up another plan."
. . . Which was all in the public eye already.
Frankly anyone who thinks that's "pushing the line" ought to have their heads examined. I've seen editorials here that leave that comment for dead and some of the printed articles are borderline abusive.
Yet loudly parallel with world opinion. Oh and your "pretty much every reporter" demographic is more likely to be "half the other reporters" judging from some of the reports I've seen.
Losing . . . erm . . . You know how fast he got contracted into a new reporting role? He's still in Iraq reporting. ;)
I'm a little vague here on how these "First Ammendment rights" apply to someone allegedly committing a crime in another country. Is it that he as an American citizen facing charges in America is protected by these rights or what? I'm no lawyer and I wonder how American law covers journalists outside of America. I wonder if further confusion might stem from his dual citizenship also . . .
While the rest of the world who bothered with reading anything about him heaved a collective, "huh?" Seriously. The news story about the reaction of NBC over this is far bigger news than the fact that he made a verbal gaff.
And that's all it was really. A poorly thought out opinion presented to the masses.
. . . Which was all in the public eye already.
Frankly anyone who thinks that's "pushing the line" ought to have their heads examined. I've seen editorials here that leave that comment for dead and some of the printed articles are borderline abusive.
Quote:All Mr Arnett did was be wrong: loudly and publicly wrong. He made assertions that were simply at odds with what pretty much every other reporter was observing.
Yet loudly parallel with world opinion. Oh and your "pretty much every reporter" demographic is more likely to be "half the other reporters" judging from some of the reports I've seen.
Quote:What puzzles me is where there is any honor, or utility, in rubbing salt into the wound that this man has sustained: that of losing his livelihood
Losing . . . erm . . . You know how fast he got contracted into a new reporting role? He's still in Iraq reporting. ;)
Quote:He did not divulge state secrets. He did not intentionally harm American or Coalition forces, and if he gave any comfort to enemies by his reporting, then I wonder if some lawmakers will also be tempted to press charges against the anti-war protestors who also provided moral support for the Iraqi regime (albeit unintentionally) by their exercise of their First Ammendment rights of open and public, and generally peaceful, dissent.
I'm a little vague here on how these "First Ammendment rights" apply to someone allegedly committing a crime in another country. Is it that he as an American citizen facing charges in America is protected by these rights or what? I'm no lawyer and I wonder how American law covers journalists outside of America. I wonder if further confusion might stem from his dual citizenship also . . .
Quote:He erred in the media, and was tried, convicted, and condemmed by the local media authority.
While the rest of the world who bothered with reading anything about him heaved a collective, "huh?" Seriously. The news story about the reaction of NBC over this is far bigger news than the fact that he made a verbal gaff.
And that's all it was really. A poorly thought out opinion presented to the masses.
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