Author Topic: CNN booted (Read 363 times)

john9001 · « **on:** March 21, 2003, 07:04:24 PM »

iraq govt kicks CNN out of iraq, no freedom of the press there.

OZkansas · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2003, 08:14:22 PM »

Only positive thing Saddam ever did do:)

Hangtime · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2003, 08:23:31 PM »

good riddance.

Major_Hans · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2003, 09:29:15 PM »

So which of the news organisations is the best?

I used to like the BBC, especially during the September 11 fallout. They're more professional and didn't get into the warmongering or posturing like a lot of American news outfits did.

Right now I usually watch MS NBC, though I am loathe to actually like anything that has "Microsoft" name attached to it.

Glasses · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2003, 09:56:41 PM »

NBC CBS ABC and CNN their news casters almost hope the military operation fails they are always putting everythig in a negative light and hoping that the US military fails it's just disgusting.

I'm liking FNC much more these days.

Major_Hans · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2003, 09:59:21 PM »

Yeah, fox is pretty good, not counting Fox and Friends in the morning. Those three are just a little too giddy to be serious reporters if you ask me.

BBC is my homepage, but I check MSNBC or MSN as well.

UserName · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2003, 09:59:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Glasses
NBC CBS ABC and CNN their news casters almost hope the military operation fails they are always putting everythig in a negative light and hoping that the US military fails it's just disgusting.

I'm liking FNC much more these days.

Yeah, they all follow the below rule..

Major_Hans · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2003, 10:06:59 PM »

Also I wanted to point out one thing.

Today I saw a bit on the news about a press briefing by Air Fliescher in the Whitehouse. The press asked him how much the President watched the war on TV. Ari said that Bush already knew what was going on, and didn't watch much TV.

They kept asking him questions about it, even getting a little testy in their tone of voice and comments. I honestly think the reporters felt snubbed that the President doesn't watch their network. I got the feeling that they wanted Ari to tell them which network was Bush's favorite, so they could secretly plot to use that as a marketing add in the near future. Back in 1991 CNN sure loved the attention that they got from the White House.

Ari told them bluntly towards the end that Bush just doesn't watch much TV at all. I would have said more, something to the affect that the President is much better informed about the state of the war than they were. Just to twist the knife as it were.

Lazerus1 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2003, 12:06:17 AM »

Heard that. Had me laughin for the rest of the day, was great.