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| After causing it, CBS doesn’t show Berg’s murder |
| 2004-05-12 |
| After playing a pivotal role as the first to broadcast photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse which U.S. military officials feared would lead to death of Americans overseas, CBS News has declined to show the beheading of an American civilian killed in an apparent retaliation for the Iraqi images. The decision--made first by the staff of the CBS Evening News, including managing editor Dan Rather--now an official news division policy, came on the same night that the network announced it was going to air footage of an American casually talking about killing Iraqi prisoners on tonight’s 60 Minutes II program. CBS’s choice not to air the decapitation of Nick Berg in its entirety provoked much outrage from its viewers, who faulted the network for igniting a global firestorm over American misconduct while declining to show the murderous actions of America’s enemies. "After watching it [...] I can see why the media does not want you to see it," said a poster at FreeRepublic.com, a conservative bulletin board site whose members deluged the CBS’s switchboards with hundreds of calls Tuesday evening."It would instantly turn public opinion in favor of a fast and furious escalation of the effort in Iraq." |
| Posted by:Jeff Jonns |
| #9 Did Rather and CBS break this code by releasing those pictures? Almost certainly. But, to quote a favorite comedian, "they adhere to the journalist code that your right to know supercedes your right to exist". |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-12 8:56:35 PM |
| #8 CBS , Rather Inc. has their own agenda. Following in Walter's footsteps, Dan has picked up the banner for the far left anti war minority in this country. I expect nothing less from these people who perpetrate 1/2 truths and a distinctly biased coverage to their news. They are shallow people looking for the next ratings war to hang their hat on and purport to say they are a News Organization. They betray our countries values, our troops and have the gall to say they support our men and women overseas, in harms' way, at war time. They bring nothing to the table except a negativity to anything good that has been done in this war against the Islamofacists. They are nothing more than complant link to the Al-Jizz trash and their news reporting does nothing for this nation' security. |
| Posted by: Bill Nelson 2004-05-12 7:57:30 PM |
| #7 Question? My understanding is, it's against Geneva Conventions to show pictures of prisoners. Did Rather and CBS break this code by releasing those pictures? It seems the military is taking the heat when it really was CBS that released those pics. Kinda like those Arab stations releasing those pics of our captures soldiers and citizens. Are citizens of a company held to the same standards for the Geneva Conventions as our military? I really don't know -- but I'm willing to vote "Yes." |
| Posted by: Sherry 2004-05-12 7:23:30 PM |
| #6 All that coffee is gonna be hard on the kidneys, though... The secret will be to work in shifts. I don't think it will be that hard to keep it soggy with 100 million people working at it. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-12 6:50:06 PM |
| #5 I've got a 38 ounce Louisville Slugger you can have SM. Sharpen it on short end and get a sledgehammer and you're in biz. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-05-12 6:47:52 PM |
| #4 "Rather's grave is one of those that will never completely dry out" Yep, along with Ted Kennedy, Fisk, etc. All that coffee is gonna be hard on the kidneys, though... |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2004-05-12 6:39:35 PM |
| #3 Rather's grave is one of those that will never completely dry out. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-12 5:20:06 PM |
| #2 Are you saying the cowards needed an excuse by blaming CBS? They just have a slicing fetish. THey needed no excuse. The "prisoner abuse" story was a convienence. These cowards needed five in order to hold down one American? I know what I would do to these five, but Saddahm's paper (people) shredders have been dismantled. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-12 5:19:26 PM |
| #1 Dan Rather had better have himself cremated when he dies because if he doesn't I am going to find out where he is buried. Then I'm going to buy a 40 ounce bottle of good old American malt liquor, hop into my pickup truck, and drive there. Along the way I shall consume said bottle of beer so that when I arrive "little" Secret Master will be locked n' loaded, so to speak. Then I shall water the petunias on his headstone. Even if there aren't any. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-05-12 5:18:26 PM |