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    Posted: 23 October 2006 at 8:37am
So CNN is showing a Video that was given to them by Insurgents in Iraq. In the Video the "Sniper Team" shoot US Troops. The only thing CNN did was not show the Trooper fall down after he was shot, but in some cases you can see the Troop laying on the ground, or his buddy dragging him to cover. Yeah. CNN Is basically helping the insurgents advertise. So Screw CNN. I wont give you the link for it. But if you browse the CNN website you'll find it. October 18 was when it was aired on TV. Its plain disgusting that CNN would show this.
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...wtf? i wouldn't want to see actual combat on the news from either side. 
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crazy crazy.

I prefer CNN over Fox anyday.
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Saw this on digg: How much news is actually on CNN.com
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although that is the reality of war and those attacks have been numorous recently CNN knows that those videos are propaganda made by insurgents. Why should they showing them?
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News is News. They are not advertising for the insurgents, they are reporting news.

Get the hell over it.

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tae im sure youd have a different opinion if we were talking about FOX.
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If they put it in proper context as a propaganda peice it's distasteful but ok. If they were just like "OMGshockingvideolookatthis" then that's just being a mouthpeice for the insurgency. If you present it right, you can defang the propaganda aspect of it. but showing the impact shots on TV is just tasteless.
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I hate the "Communist News Network," they do whatever they can to undermine the saftey of our troops in Iraq, just so they can say         " Look how bad it is over there, we should pull out right away!"

There is a good terrorist video out there though, if you go to millitary.com, you can find a video that was shot by a terrorist sniper. It shows the terrorist shoot a soldier , but all it does is knock him down, the bullet doesn't penatrate his armor, then the soldier gets up gives the terrorist the finger, and then runs behind his Humvee to get his weapon, and in the background you can hear the terrorist yealing somthing in arabic sounding terrified, I can guess it probably was somthing like, " Oh Crap! He's Not Dead! Looks like I'll be martyrd afterall! "
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Originally posted by MT. Vigilante MT. Vigilante wrote:

I hate the "Communist News Network," they do whatever they can to undermine the saftey of our troops in Iraq, just so they can say         " Look how bad it is over there, we should pull out right away!"

There is a good terrorist video out there though, if you go to millitary.com, you can find a video that was shot by a terrorist sniper. It shows the terrorist shoot a soldier , but all it does is knock him down, the bullet doesn't penatrate his armor, then the soldier gets up gives the terrorist the finger, and then runs behind his Humvee to get his weapon, and in the background you can hear the terrorist yealing somthing in arabic sounding terrified, I can guess it probably was somthing like, " Oh Crap! He's Not Dead! Looks like I'll be martyrd afterall! "


or if it really is bad over there... we might be interested in leaving.
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I'm torn on this.

Would they show American snipers taking out insurgents, or simply report casualty figures? I suspect we all know they'd likely do neither half the time.

On one side I'm all for freedom of the press and reporting what's going on over there. On the other, showing the deaths/wounding of soldiers may not be appropriate. CNN's motives are definitely questionable. In either case, they gave the insurgents exactly what they wanted in this one.
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Originally posted by battlefreak battlefreak wrote:

tae im sure youd have a different opinion if we were talking about FOX.


I am talking about FOX. I am talking about any network who may get flack for doing their job.

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Get the hell over it.

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Originally posted by MT. Vigilante MT. Vigilante wrote:

I hate the "Communist News Network," they do whatever they can to undermine the saftey of our troops in Iraq,



Fox has done worse


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Originally posted by Tae Kwon Do Tae Kwon Do wrote:

News is News. They are not advertising for the insurgents, they are reporting news.

Get the hell over it.


Yep. And how many times have they shown terrorists getting blown up? They played right into Bush's hands with the whole shock in awe crap.....It's not like they're saying "look at the American infedels getting what they deserve!" They are reporting on what is happening, period. Showing sun shine and roses on every war report might help public sentiment for this idiocy, but it wouldn't be the truth....

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Originally posted by .Ryan .Ryan wrote:

Originally posted by Tae Kwon Do Tae Kwon Do wrote:

News is News. They are not advertising for the insurgents, they are reporting news.

Get the hell over it.


Yep. And how many times have they shown terrorists getting blown up? They played right into Bush's hands with the whole shock in awe crap.....It's not like they're saying "look at the American infedels getting what they deserve!" They are reporting on what is happening, period. Showing sun shine and roses on every war report might help public sentiment for this idiocy, but it wouldn't be the truth....

very much agreed, i would rather know the truth about whats going on, then just have them say its fine, we are winning, they are losing, everything will be ok...

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i'd rather be told they are still wasting their time than watch anyone get shot. sure it may lose some of the harsh reality associated with graphic images, but the same information can be conveyed without seeing it happen.
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Originally posted by Tae Kwon Do Tae Kwon Do wrote:

News is News. They are not advertising for the insurgents, they are reporting news. Get the hell over it.



Exactly.

So you'd rather be totally blind and deaf to what's really going on over there? If you can't see it, its not happening?
Sure, no-one wants to see their soldiers, or anyone get killed, but to make claims like "they're helping the terrorists" is just stupid and childish.
Grow up.
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doood people still watch the news?  that's so old..
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