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Republican Lawmaker Wants CNN Reporters Punished for Airing Sniper Video
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| Media | TV News - FOX News |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A leading Republican lawmaker on defense issues has asked the Pentagon to bar CNN reporters from traveling with military units in Iraq because the network showed insurgent snipers shooting at U.S. troops.
"Does CNN want America to win this thing?" Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., asked in an interview Monday on the network. In past wars, he said, the press was more pro-American.
"You can't be on both sides of the war," Hunter said.
Hunter's fury over the video underscores the tightrope often walked by news media in the war. Critics of the war say Americans see very little of the daily violence in Iraq because of television's reluctance to show gory footage. Dangerous conditions also keep journalists from reporting independent of military units that provide them protection. |
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