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Tue 1 Apr, 2003 11:32 am
Peter Arnett was fired and made headlines for offering his opnion (albeit odd circumstances) whereas Rivera actually endangered coaliton troops. Where is the uproar over Rivera?
Things are just getting curiouser and curiouser.
According to the paper today, Rivera knelt on the sand and diagrammed where various troops were stationed. Maybe, maybe not. I have mixed opinions about Arnett. At this point, I really don't see what was so terrible about what he did. He didn't give away secrets, he did an interview with today's enemy, but he most definitely did go outside party line.
Geraldo, on the other hand, gave Fox the thing they always want - exploitative sensationalism. We'll see what happens.
If Rivera did what they say he did, he should be kicked out, and possibly prosecuted. But the charges have to be proven, first.
The problem is that the media is too involved with the war. I think it is doing more harm than good. You don't know what to believe anymore about the media!
I think, in different ways, what both of them did was reprehensible!
Fox News has recalled Rivera