http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:35:19 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/31/112132.php#comment-6633 I think it was more the message than the medium that concerned them. They didn't like that Arnett analyzed the initial war plan as a failure and indicated that there was no plan B. It was rather convenient that he gave the interview to Iraqi state TV instead of, say, a Swedish broadcast network. Made it rather easy to sack him. All water over the dam, though: less than 24 hours later, Arnett had a new job with a Brit outlet. 6633@blogcritics.org Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:35:19 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/31/112132.php#comment-6628 Hard to know what to make of this case. Arguably Arnett shouldn't have done what he did, but then again arguably neither should the network. At any rate it does little to promote an image of themselves as being independent and trustworthy news sources... 6628@blogcritics.org Tue, 1 Apr 2003 07:13:32 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/31/112132.php#comment-6558 Thing is: last night NBC issued a public statement supporting Arnett. Then this morning, he's fired. Glad NBC isn't publicly supporting me. Note that he's also on assignment for National Geographic, so he may be sticking around Baghdad until the Stasi get to them, too. 6558@blogcritics.org Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:29:15 EST