Peter Arnett was fired from MSNBC!!!

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Peter Arnett was fired from MSNBC!!!

#1 Postby bfez1 » Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:04 am

Just heard on Fox news that Arnett was fired from MSNBC. Bet he's at Kinko's right now making copies of his resume'. :lol:
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#2 Postby azsnowman » Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:06 am

Good, JERK......I had a lot of respect for the man until yesterday, maybe Saddam needs a personal asst!

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#3 Postby j » Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:12 am

I can think of a way for redemption. Keep sucking up to Iraq...land the big interview with SH....then stick a BIC pen right between his eyes...and then maybe....he can ask for his job back
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#4 Postby Stormsfury » Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:16 am

I had just heard that on FOX news also. Well, at least, it's a good start to this cold morning.
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#5 Postby cycloneye » Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:24 am

That is great news now he can go and cover the news for al-jazzerra. :D
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#6 Postby Arizwx » Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:34 am

He was fired from the Mothership..NBC itself..the same NBC that released a lame response earlier Sunday,noting that brave journalists risk thier lives.You bet they do..and Arnett put his fellow journalists in harms way himself.Nice move Pete.
He obviously sucked up to Iraqi state TV to avoid beeing booted from Iraq to 'get the story'.It backfired royally and not only will he not get the story since he is out of a job...he cant even free lance,since his Press Credentials were yanked..which means he has no way to protect himself now.In other words..he is just another American Dog to the Iraqis that used him.Now he has no free pass.Matter of fact..he may be in deep sh!t.
If I were he..I would hightail it to France,pronto before he is thrown in an Iraqi Gulag...albeit that may be a fitting place for him.He could even be kidnapped or taken as hostage which would really throw a monkey wrench in the mix for our other POWs including some journalists.Man did he screw up.
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#7 Postby rainstorm » Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:50 am

does nkorea have an opening for propaganda minister? pete would fit right in!! this is kim il arnett, broadcasting from north korea!! hehe
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#8 Postby streetsoldier » Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:56 am

Well, soon Iraq won't have any Western journalists in its borders, save the 'embedded' ones with the coalition forces...they have been deporting them at a rapid clip, and Peter was amoing the very few left, which doesn't surprise me at all...he has made friends with Iraqi functionaries since before the first bombs dropped in 1991, and now that they are way up in the food chain in Saddam's regime, he was using them, and they him. Wonder if HE is the next candidate for Nelly's Nipples, Nevada's late-night huntin'-fishin' show?
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#9 Postby TexasStooge » Mon Mar 31, 2003 9:00 am

Oh, so Arnett was fired from MSNBC eh?
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#10 Postby mf_dolphin » Mon Mar 31, 2003 9:22 am

I'm glad to see there is some justice in the world! :-)
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#11 Postby Amanzi » Mon Mar 31, 2003 9:26 am

Wonder if HE is the next candidate for Nelly's Nipples, Nevada's late-night huntin'-fishin' show

LOL Bill!
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re:Justice

#12 Postby Arizwx » Mon Mar 31, 2003 9:29 am

mf_dolphin wrote:I'm glad to see there is some justice in the world! :-)


I hate to sound so Jaded,however from a PR standpoint NBC had no choice.They would have been skewered had they attempted to defend him,and the equivelant of Media suicide...MSNBC is struggling as it is.
This is not what they needed.
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#13 Postby Stephanie » Mon Mar 31, 2003 10:06 am

Nobody will want him now except for maybe the French?? :wink:

He got what he deserved!
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#14 Postby chadtm80 » Mon Mar 31, 2003 10:21 am

Thank God!
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#15 Postby JetMaxx » Mon Mar 31, 2003 10:47 am

Maybe he can get a job with Iraqi TV. I hear the pay is decent--but the future ain't too bright :lol:
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#16 Postby chadtm80 » Mon Mar 31, 2003 10:49 am

LMAO Jetmaxx.. LOL
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#17 Postby Rainband » Mon Mar 31, 2003 11:22 am

Later :lol: :lol: You play you pay IMHO


Johnathan :D
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