Did anyone just hear the interview with an American in Lebanon on CNN?

[Rhiannon12866]

Wow! She told about how close the bombs are coming and has been hiding in her relatives' basement. But the reason that she said she wanted to be on the air was to say that the Israelis aren't hitting Hizbollah targets, but civilian ones and that civilians are being killed. Tony Harris wasn't happy, said that this was not the view on the ground here, and got rid of her quick.x(

[PsychoDad]

1. I saw that.

She didn't want to echo the "view from the ground here". Harris' reply was, "I don't want to debate you about it"' or something to that effect.

As if he knew better than her what was going on there in Lebanon.

Peace.

[flyarm]

3. want to bet not many of the 25,000 will get interviewed when they get

evac'ed??

its the * program of shut them up and shut up the truth...

the * operatives will be out in full force..hell they already are...

fly

[PsychoDad]

6. I agree.

I think in this case the young woman didn't get the memo describing "The view from the ground here" before she was interviewed.

CNN needs to vet their interviews better... inconvenient truths could leak out otherwise.

Peace :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

17. I know! I cringed when I heard where she was going with this,

because I could have predicted his reaction, similar to Soledad O'Brien's when she interviewed Michael Berg, father of murdered American Nick Berg, on the assassination of al Zarqawi. She was totally flummoxed when he said that he didn't want any more deaths and felt for this man's family. This was not what she was looking for or expected and you could imagine her thinking "oh, shit..."

Tony Harris is made of tougher stuff and you're right, he argued with her! What he said exactly was "you understand that this is not the view on the ground here, right?" But she wasn't having any... I thought that she had already made a good point when he asked how she was feeling and she said that she "felt abandoned..."

Poor woman managed to get through all the way from a basement in Lebanon and she had the bad luck to draw Tony Harris and Kyra Phillips...:-(

[minkyboodle]

25. I felt the same cringe

but I don't know Tony Harris so I figured he would
just ignore what she said. I couldn't have predicted
that he would argue against her and treat her honest
plea with such contempt. Really quite incredible.

[Rhiannon12866]

30. Tony Harris is one of the worst, along with Kyra Phillips, who's also on.

He is a real Bush* apologist, so I was surprised that this poor woman got the chance to finish what she called to say. I just heard it over again, since my friend managed to back it up and record it. After Tony Harris asked her if she realized that this "wasn't the view on the ground here," she said "I know! And it's terrible!" And said that she couldn't understand why this was happening... That's when he cut her off...:grr:

And Kyra Phillips argued with Jack Murtha, when she interviewed him, since she knows more than he does, too...:grr:

[nuxvomica]

33. Journalists should never ask questions they don't already...

know the answer to. Oh, wait, that's defense attorneys.

[Rhiannon12866]

38. Tony Harris is behaving more like a prosecutor...

As if this woman, Sara, stranded in a basement in Lebanon, was guilty of trying to mislead viewers about "the view on the ground," since she only has a front row seat in this war zone, unlike him, safe in his studio, making sure that America gets the right message...:grr:

[Reckon]

34. Just a thought.

I'm sure Soledad O'Brien talks to the people before they start taping. Could she be cleverly pulling the response she wants from the people she interviews to subvert her media masters policy? Then act like she didn't want to go there!

See, I've read reporters worry about being blacklisted by the corporate media masters.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. That's a very interesting viewpoint.

And we certainly know what happens when journalists criticize this administration, the prime example being Dan Rather, whose story which was critical of Bush* ended a distinguished 40-year career...;(

And Soledad's interview with Michael Berg was live, whether she'd spoken to him beforehand, or not. As with Tony Harris, who was also on live, the only thing that they can do is stop the interview, as he did.:grr:

And while you or I might well have thought of this, if we were in Soledad's position, I saw the expression on her face and she can't be that good an actress. She has, I'm afraid, drunk the Kool-Aid. And Tony Harris is passing it around as fast as he can...x(

[flyarm]

2. of course he would get rid of her quick..wouldn't want ingorant Americans

to get a piece of truth would they??

they need the ww3 attitude to take hold..its all part of the pnac map of the new world order!!

fly

[fooj]

4. PNAC trumps all...

[liberal N proud]

5. She didn't tell the story they want to get out to the sheep

It is all Hezbollah's fault, and Syria is responsible and then we can attack Iran to save Israel

Oh Israel!
:sarcasm:

[malaise]

7. That was mind blowing

He refused to hear the truth least it conflict with MSMs official spin.
Then they drag out a Chalabi type Lebanese figure. This is absolute madness.
Sp.

[TahitiNut]

8. Olmert, in his speech to the Knesset shown this morning, blamed Lebanon

... for the attacks. He made almost no distinction, clearly indicating that Israel viewed Hezbollah/Lebanon as flipsides of the same coin.

Here we are, 36 years later, and hearing the exact same bullshit.

[Ganja Ninja]

9. Interesting to see how they react whenever anyone tries to ...

put across their own point of view. It's almost as if that person had just pulled open a raincoat and flashed the American public. They immediately feel the need to issue a disclaimer.

[minkyboodle]

10. totally blatent

I was watching with my mom who has not been
following this stuff as intently as me and she
commented on how ridiculous his smirking response
was. That was an emperor has no clothes moment
for CNN and media's coverage of this conflict.
really infuriating.

[girl gone mad]

19. Which is why CNN/MSNBC/FOX et. al...

will continue to lose the younger news viewers to less mainstream internet sources.

[magellan]

11. You're JOKING

He actually dismissed the telephone account of someone hiding in fear of Israeli attacks -- while he sat safe and sound in his studio in the US?! Is there no end to how low these media whores will go to deny reality??!!

[mulsh]

13. well who should you belive

some hysterical woman being bombed or a highly paid news reader sitting in a CNN studio?

I have a feeling she won't find out about that cruise ship until its half way to Cyprus

>sarcam off<

[bdamomma]

22. oh I would believe the woman

this regime has no shread of decency for life at all. Just pile high those bodies.:sarcasm:

[minkyboodle]

24. not only dismissed

The look on his face when she started to make
her point was unbelievable. It was a mixture of
discomfort at what she was saying and utter
contempt for her choice to say it. It was completely
arrogant and out of bounds. I wish someone could
find a clip of it.

[jumpoffdaplanet]

12. Will someone post the video and Harris' email?

So we can email the moron and tell him to stop being a moron.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. I can't have a specific e-mail address for Tony Harris (small wonder),

but here's the feedback form to comment on what you think of "Live From..." which is the show that's on now. I'm not sure exactly which show Tony Harris is a regular on, since he seams to always be on...:-(

And this is a great idea! I'm e-mailing them, too! (Not that I haven't done it before, and never to praise them...) We should all do it!:grr:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?5

[Nothing Without Hope]

14. I fear this is deliberate incitement for Iran and Syria to join and bring

the whole world into this conflict directly. There are many in our own government who want that.

[Nothing Without Hope]

15. Related: two threads on blogging by Lebanese:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1647157
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1640085

[Nothing Without Hope]

16. The suppression of the truth is abetted by supposedly progressive

bloggers who deliberately refuse to cover this conflict. For example, I disagree profoundly with Kos's and Kevin Drum's statements that they refuse to write about this conflict, supposedly because, they say, only when both sides want no war will it end. So why bother their "beautiful minds"?

Here's the link to Kos's declaration, which I find amoral and utterly repugnant:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/7/17/131952/052
Why I won't write about Israel/Lebanon/Palestine fighting

He gives the link to Kevin Drum's similar announcement. Whether or not they are being truthful about their reasons to turn their faces away from reality, I feel they are utterly wrong in this decision. I believe that we MUST see the horror of what is happening, otherwise where will the pressure come from to stop the monstrous warmongers on both sides? If they are ignored, they will never stop until all the young people are dead and the earth is a wasteland.

Diametrically opposite to Kos's and Drum's self-barricading to reality is Hissyspit's thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1655038
thread title: "The Lebanon" (UNFORTUNATELY NECESSARY UPDATE - EXTREMELY GRAPHIC)

[bloom]

23. Well that's one way to make yourself irrelevant...

Or maybe Kos is planning on running for office and doesn't want to offend anyone?


Of course - he's not really anti-war - is he?

Some people who have been in the military - like Howard Zinn are the most anti-war of anyone. Some people seem to need to defend war (themselves) forever.

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[cantstandbush]

18. "not the view on the ground?" Where was she, in the sky? nt

[Rhiannon12866]

31. No, she was hiding in the basement... :-( n/t

[HeardOnTheHill]

20. Really?

Did anyone not already know that the vast majority of people who have been killed on both sides are civilians? One need only browse through the washingtonpost.com photo gallery to see the tragedy of the situation: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2006/07/16/GA2006071600616.html?referrer=emaillink

[RufusEarl]

21. We need to get some real reporter on the ground in Lebanon,

maybe then the truth will come out. I didn't see the CNN piece, but i can believe they would do something like this.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

27. Where is Christiane Amanpour, she would have at least been there?

[RufusEarl]

28. She would be a good choice!

[zonkers]

35. Just saw her on cable. I think she is in Israel.

[burythehatchet]

29. OOPS!

I hate it when someone deviates from the script.

[chat_noir]

36. sounds like a great topic for Keith Olbermann

[Rhiannon12866]

37. I just turned on the TV, and guess what?!

This insincere Bush* apologist, Tony Harris, is still on CNN and still pretending to be concerned about desperate Americans who are still stranded in Lebanon!!!:grr:

E-mail CNN!:mad: