From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 15:14:12 PST
I just read that CNN has been expelled for some reason like insulting the
Iraqi regime. Oh well... at least we won't have to listen to them constantly
refer to the "calvary" and the "ordinance". You'd think that they would
have at least one person on the staff who could help them pronounce English
military words correctly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] CNN quote of the day
>
>
> >(Nominated for most "Duhh!" question from a journalist so far...)
>
> Oh, I have seen FAR better than that. But I have purposefully blocked
> them from my mind :-)
>
> I think it should be a Crime Against Humanity to have reporters and
> (especially) anchors who don't have a friggin clue about military ops,
> equipment, or historical perspective. I have seen so many MTV twitch
> questions ("why haven't we found this, done that, or seen this") than I
> care to think of.
>
> I also have stopped watching CNN. Their anchoring of this coverage is
> horrible. I have been instead watching MSNBC and a newish 24hr cable
> news channel that pipes in news from non-US sources. Their coverage is
> in many ways superior and far more informative in general.
>
> Steve
>
>
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