NBC saved a slight amount of credability with me but I question if it was actually journalistic ethics. I wonder could legal liability have been the motivation for them to take the action they did. In my book Arnett is at best an absolute moron, I'm giving him the benefit of doubt, or else his actions were treasonous. I wonder what some fancy lawyers could do with the information that he blabered in a wrongful death lawsuit with one of our dead soldiers or POWs. No matter how he personally feels about the war he should have kept his mouth shut on Iraqi news. When US military personel are in harms way, for a US citizen or the representative of a US corp. to give information to the enemy or to willingly take part in their propaganda machine is treason in my book.
As a side note, I heard the story discussed this morning on WGN of Chicago. It really alarms me at the number of callers who called in expressing concern over what a bad deal poor Peter is getting and how his right of free speech and freedom of the press was being suppressed. I really don't think people understand what war actually is any more. No matter where a person stands on the present military action, I would think that a reasonable thinking person would understand that war debates are appropiate on our shores in the right venue. To voice disagreement as part of the enemey's propaganda machine in their country just escapes me. Excuse my rant but this his been a real hot button for me.
As a side note, I heard the story discussed this morning on WGN of Chicago. It really alarms me at the number of callers who called in expressing concern over what a bad deal poor Peter is getting and how his right of free speech and freedom of the press was being suppressed. I really don't think people understand what war actually is any more. No matter where a person stands on the present military action, I would think that a reasonable thinking person would understand that war debates are appropiate on our shores in the right venue. To voice disagreement as part of the enemey's propaganda machine in their country just escapes me. Excuse my rant but this his been a real hot button for me.
