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by Guess who? 04/30/2003, 11:30pm PDT |
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Eason Jordan wrote:
says secret police terrorized all Iraqis working for international press services; says some vanished forever, others disppeared and then surfaced later with tales of being tortured; says one of CNN's Iraqi cameramen was abducted, beaten and horribly tortured; says he is still haunted by story of woman captured by secret police after speaking with CNN on phone; says plastic bag containing her body parts was left on doorstep of her family's home
As scummy as the whole situation is, I was pretty much on the fence about the whole complicity vs otherwise unavailiable access until I read shit like this. You always heard about how brutal the regime was. Here's a guy who knew, but sidestepped his duty as a journalist on the premise of... what? The opportunity to learn about more atrocities he dare not speak of?
Don't dodge the issue by pointing fingers at MSNBC or even Fox, besides their obvious incentive as proffesional rivals they are doing what any news agency should do: reporting the news. I would hope any other network without its fingers in the same sticky mess would also speak out against such practices.
I won't go as far as to say "I'm never watching CNN again!", but they seriously need to pull the tagline "America's most-trusted news source."
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Holy FUCK. Not even anti-government/corporate, really. by Senor Barborito 04/30/2003, 11:59am PDT 
Re: Holy FUCK. Not even anti-government/corporate, really. by laudablepuss 04/30/2003, 12:05pm PDT
The problem with leaving CNN is the other options. by Damocles 04/30/2003, 12:30pm PDT
Re: The problem with leaving CNN is the other options. by laudablepuss 04/30/2003, 12:46pm PDT
Somewhere between the Guardian and MSNBC I've found a middle ground. NT by Senor Barborito 04/30/2003, 2:22pm PDT
www.nakednews.com? NSFW NT by Cyrris 04/30/2003, 10:25pm PDT
Re: www.nakednews.com? NSFW by Mysterio 04/08/2014, 11:55pm PDT
Re: Holy FUCK. Not even anti-government/corporate, really. by foogla 04/30/2003, 12:33pm PDT
Hmm by Senor Barborito 04/30/2003, 2:40pm PDT
Your solipsism would find a way to fuck it up somehow. NT by Chairman Mao 04/30/2003, 2:43pm PDT
Re: Hmm by laudablepuss 04/30/2003, 3:01pm PDT
You've got me wrong, guv by Senor Barborito 04/30/2003, 3:08pm PDT
MSNBC are their competitors, no? by Mischief Maker 04/30/2003, 3:47pm PDT
Does it matter? by Guess who? 04/30/2003, 11:30pm PDT
They should just trade slogans with Fox News. NT by ydrt 05/01/2003, 4:15am PDT
Re: Holy FUCK. Not even anti-government/corporate, really. by Zebco Fuckface 04/30/2003, 4:17pm PDT
Re: Holy FUCK. Not even anti-government/corporate, really. by Lufteufel 04/30/2003, 5:30pm PDT
Isn't this story like 3 weeks old? by Diotallevi 04/30/2003, 9:16pm PDT
Uh, chief by Senor Barborito 04/30/2003, 11:57pm PDT
Re: Uh, chief by Lizard_King 05/01/2003, 12:56am PDT
Calling CNN left-wing might be fiction... by SBDMT 05/01/2003, 2:34am PDT
Well, I agree somewhat, but I see different stressors controlling the media by Senor Barborito 05/01/2003, 4:08am PDT
The msnbc link just redirects to their front page for me. by blackwater 04/12/2014, 10:56am PDT
These are 11 year old links, it's a miracle they work at all NT by WITTGENSTEIN 04/12/2014, 3:08pm PDT
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