Fox was just playing pieces of the interview Peter Arnett did on Iraqi TV today. I only managed to catch snippets, but I'm for sure going to keep an eye out for more.


LGF is already on it with a couple of links.


What I'm seeing goes way over the line. He just went from being journalisticly "neutral" (an illusory label in my opinion) to becoming part of the story, and that's over the line. Sort of like when a lawyer winds up on the stand in a case they're handling - that's it for them in that case. So it should be for Arnett. He commentary concerning the course of the war, what the various broadcasts (his broadcasts) of the deaths of civilians, etc...could only give heart to the enemy. If that's not giving "aid and comfort" I don't know what is.


Arnett should have had the sense to stay the hell off Iraqi TV. There's a theory that, given the circumstances and that there are a couple of Newsday reporters missing at the moment, he may have been coerced into giving the interview but it sure didn't look like it. He'd have to be a hell of an actor to be that relaxed. Another theory is that he's buttering them up in the hopes of getting an interview with Saddam. If true, unless he's planning on blowing himself up with a swallowed explosive device when he gets in the bastard's company, he's got no excuse.


I'm keeping an eye on this one.


Update: Here's a transcript.


Also, after first making excuses last evening, NBC and National Geographic have both fired Arnett. Do you think they received some complaints?