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CNN babe speaks out!
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Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:41:02 GMT
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Amanpour: CNN practiced self-censorship
http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&expire=&urlID=7539883&fb=Y&partnerID=1663
CNN’s top war correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, says that the press muzzled
itself during the Iraq war. And, she says CNN “was intimidated” by the Bush
administration and Fox News, which “put a climate of fear and self-censorship.”
As criticism of the war and its aftermath intensifies, Amanpour joins a chorus
of journalists and pundits who charge that the media largely toed the Bush
administrationline in covering the war and, by doing so, failed to aggressively
question the motives behind the invasion.
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) The bit I like: " Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti said of Amanpour's comments: "Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda." " So we're still, "If you're not for us (Dubya et al), (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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