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To: moufassa7 who wrote (12390)	3/31/2003 8:40:28 AM
From: DlphcOracl	Respond to of 13660

With regard to Peter Arnett..... NBC and MSNBC have severed their ties with Peter Arnett following his Iraqi interview; in effect, they've fired him, if I understand the reports correctly.

To: moufassa7 who wrote (12390)	3/31/2003 9:24:23 AM
From: Frederick Langford	Respond to of 13660

Hi Moufassa, I was so angry when I heard Arnet, I wrote National Geographic and NBC. Glad to hear he's gone. Maybe his friend Saddam will hire him... Fred

To: moufassa7 who wrote (12390)	3/31/2003 9:55:24 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13660

NBC's Peter Arnett fired over Iraqi TV interview ____________________________________________________________ COMMENT-----UNTIL EARLY THIS MORNING NBC STOOD BY ARNETT. NBC had defended him on 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. NBC acted only under pressure. ____________________________________________________________ Tacoma News Tribune ^ \| 3/31/2003 \| DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press tribnet.com NEW YORK (March 31, 5:44 a.m. PST) - NBC fired journalist Peter Arnett on Monday, saying it was wrong for him to give an interview with state-run Iraqi TV saying that the American-led coalition's first war plan had failed because of Iraq's resistance. Arnett himself called the interview a "misjudgment." 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," Arnett said. NBC had defended him on 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, garnered 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.