U.S. Uses Iraqi TV to Send Its Message (US to broadcast fox news in Iraq)

Washington Post ^ | riday, April 11, 2003 | Mike Allen

[GeoPie]

The Bush administration took over Iraqi state television yesterday, replacing tributes to Saddam Hussein with conciliatory greetings from President Bush, the Pentagon and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The shows were beamed onto Baghdad's Channel 3, one of the deposed government's frequencies. The Pentagon-controlled programming is part of a multimedia campaign to persuade Iraqis -- sometimes by using the abandoned infrastructure of Hussein's propaganda networks -- that their country is being liberated, not occupied, and that self-government and free enterprise are on the way.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5428-2003Apr10.html

[GeoPie]

I don't post often (I lurk everyday). I checked and did not see it already posted...please pull it if it was previously posted.

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[Dog Gone]

I do like that Iraq will be getting Brit Hume's news hour. However, some Iraqis may want to beat up Juan Williams.

[RetiredArmy]

Williams! Ha. Try that skull faced Alan Kones!

[Timesink]

CNN declined to have its newscasts included. "As an independent, global news organization, we did not think it was appropriate to participate in a U.S. government transmission," spokeswoman Christa Robinson said.

Christa Robinson is lying. CNN has no trouble with its shows being on Armed Forces Radio and TV. CNN simply has a problem with being associated with George W. Bush.

Eason Jordan is saddened, very saddened.

[GOP_Raider]

Or, for that matter, Geraldo Rivera.

[RetiredArmy]

Bagdad Bob and G-raldo will have a show together! Late Night RagBag! Live from the Tigris.

[Dog]

CNN declined to have its newscasts included. "As an independent, global news organization, we did not think it was appropriate to participate in a U.S. government transmission," spokeswoman Christa Robinson said.

Not a bit surprising..

[FairOpinion]

"CNN declined to have its newscasts included. "As an independent, global news organization, we did not think it was appropriate to participate in a U.S. government transmission," spokeswoman Christa Robinson said."

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I guess CNN doesn't want the free Iraqis to see how they are lying about them.

See http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/opinion/11JORD.html?ex=1050638400&en=ea21e8c88feae21c&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

(CNN's confession of not reporting Iraqi atrocities, event hough they had direct knowledge)

[Dog Gone]

Having CNN throw a snitfit is the best possible outcome. Iraq will be far better off without that despicable network.

[Allegra]

Christa Robinson is lying. CNN has no trouble with its shows being on Armed Forces Radio and TV. CNN simply has a problem with being associated with George W. Bush.

So true. In China, there is "CNN Pacific" which had me howling with laughter when I was there. The leftist spew and disinformation on there was almost as hilarious as Baghdad Bob's daily reports were. (I miss Baghdad Bob!)

[fqued]

Thank you for posting this article.

[b4its2late]

Colmes will scare them back into their caves.....

Oh, that's Afghanistan. Well, he'll scare them for sure.

[Republican Wildcat]

Im so dissapointed, I thought you were serious that foxnews was being broadcast there.

What do you mean? He was not only serious, but correct.

[Interesting Times]

CNN declined to have its newscasts included. "As an independent, global news organization, we did not think it was appropriate to participate in a U.S. government transmission," spokeswoman Christa Robinson said.

This is a savvy move, considering all the other murderous thugs who must now be wondering whether CNN will honor its commitments to their regimes.

[Trust but Verify]

What news channel do you think broadcasts Special Report with Brit Hume?

[finnman69]

The administration launched the channel the day after Hussein's government collapsed and U.S. troops took control of Baghdad. U.S. officials said that within days, they hope to open a second television channel in Iraq featuring subtitled versions of the three major networks' evening newscasts, as well as PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" and Fox News Channel's hour-long politics show, "Special Report With Brit Hume."

The second channel, which the White House decided to fund yesterday, also will include about two hours of Arabic-language news from the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the government agency that oversees Voice of America. The channel might show White House, State Department and Pentagon briefings, officials said.

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CNN declined to have its newscasts included. "As an independent, global news organization, we did not think it was appropriate to participate in a U.S. government transmission," spokeswoman Christa Robinson said.

CNN BARF ALERT

The LW looks are going to go nuts at this, LOL

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Having CNN throw a snitfit is the best possible outcome. Iraq will be far better off without that despicable network.

Amen to that!

Just found this terrific cartoon :

This is from the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin ---Ontario, California

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