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To: Real Man who wrote (94383)4/4/2003 9:29:25 AM
From: Enigma  Respond to of 116768
 
CNN is marginally worse than Fox News. I agree with Eric's thoughtful response to Doug AK.



To: Real Man who wrote (94383)4/4/2003 10:11:49 AM
From: Gabe Heti  Respond to of 116768
 
He didn't get fired for telling the truth, but in effect giving "aid and comfort to the enemy" by talking on Iraqi television.

Other reporters and some retired military have said much the same, but on CNN.



To: Real Man who wrote (94383)4/4/2003 11:05:44 AM
From: Ahda  Respond to of 116768
 
I think the method in which reporters are covering this has changed.

washingtonpost.com


Letter From Kuwait
The Hilton's Strange Embed Fellows


Marine Lt. Col. Rick Long, a leader in the military's PR theater of operations, greets the media at the Hilton. (Richard Leiby -- The Washington Post)



By Richard Leiby
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 7, 2003; Page C01

KUWAIT CITY -- In "Doonesbury," the duty of placing journalists with troops bound for combat in Iraq falls to B.D., the gung-ho Army reservist who never takes off his helmet. At a beachfront Hilton resort here, it falls to Lt. Col. Rick Long, a cigar-smoking Marine who's suddenly become every would-be war correspondent's best friend.