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To: Machaon who wrote (7372)	5/7/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

<What would you prefer? Would you rather see a restricted news service, where the news releases were reviewed by government agencies prior to being televised?> Did you ever take a simple journalism class Robert? Can you tell the difference between a fact and an opinion? CNN is 90% opinion. The problem with that is opinions come from people with certain pre-formed views. Ergo, the opinions that serve as news are really there and presented as such so as to influence viewers to think a cetain way. It works quite well. Just compare your last 500 posts on this thread to the facts of the Kosovo situation. FYI the BBC is rated year after year the most factual news service in the wrld...not CNN.

To: Machaon who wrote (7372)	5/8/1999 12:24:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Do you have specific stories that CNN has produced that have been proven to be inaccurate?>>>> One-sided mediocre repitition of the official line, no attempt (unlike BBC 5* objectivity) Producer Sues CNN, Source Over 'Tailwind' Story 02:31 a.m. May 08, 1999 Eastern WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CNN producer who was fired over the ''Tailwind'' news report that alleged the U.S. use of nerve gas in Laos said Friday she was suing her one-time employer and countersuing a former confidential source. April Oliver said in a statement she filed suit Friday against the Cable News Network and its parent company, Time Warner Inc., for wrongful dismissal from her job after the network retracted much of the story last year. She also named retired Army Gen. John Singlaub as a former confidential source who provided information for the piece about the secret mission called ''Operation Tailwind.'' She said since Singlaub had sued her for defamation, she was no longer bound by the agreement of confidentiality. The story said during the Vietnam War the U.S. military had used nerve gas and had targeted defectors in Laos during a top-secret raid in 1970. But many involved in the war at that time disputed the report, and in the end CNN backed away from it. Oliver said Singlaub, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s as a major arms supplier, was interviewed four times and confirmed both the nerve gas and defectors parts of the story. Singlaub, who led special forces in the Vietnam War, has denied he confirmed the reports. Oliver said she was dismissed from her job because of military and political pressure brought on the television network and repeated her contention that the ''Tailwind'' story was accurate. Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.