AIRSTRIKE ABOUT TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON CNN!

[XMan]

Originally posted by: Gage
What kind of sh*tty parents have their kid up at this hour watching war footage?

Exactly. I have a buddy with small kids - he's got his TV locked on the Cartoon Network. No need for kids to be watching this sort of thing.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
the camera didn't capture the action.

Here's another: Building hit?

 

[Looney]

Commentary sure sucks when General Clark leaves. Now it's just empty air yappering.

 

[T2T III]

Coalition forces are now "mopping up" this situation. To quote Fox news: "They've knocked the fight out of them" and we're now taking POWs.

 

[T2T III]

What's the crap that I heard on Fox that is under investigation? Apparently, one of our troops (with a Muslim background) had some problems with the fighting? I guess we'll hear more as this progresses.

 

[silverpig]

CNN sucks guys. Sorry to say it. If you want to know how the war is really going, watch CBC or the BBC. CNN is a huge propaganda machine.


CNN: WE are rolling through the Iraqi desert towards Bagdhad virtually unimpeded.

CBC + BBC: British and American troops are meeting much more resistance than they had anticipated. Very often units are left on the side of the road for over 3 hours while waiting for fuel. The war is not going as smoothly as planned at all.


Seriously, try watching a non-american network for some of the reports.

 

[Looney]

CBC + BBC: British and American troops are meeting much more resistance than they had anticipated. Very often units are left on the side of the road for over 3 hours while waiting for fuel. The war is not going as smoothly as planned at all.

Right

All i hear on CBC right now is somebody whining how all this is about oil.

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
What's the crap that I heard on Fox that is under investigation? Apparently, one of our troops (with a Muslim background) had some problems with the fighting? I guess we'll hear more as this progresses.

He is the one who threw the grenades into the tent in Kuwait

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: ElFenix
the camera didn't capture the action.

Here's another: Building hit?

well, considering that fire appeared about 5 minutes after the explosions were heard from off camera, i'd say it was unrelated.

oh sweet now the marines and the cav are calling in air strikes at the same time! we might have dual airstrikes!

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: dahunan

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
What's the crap that I heard on Fox that is under investigation? Apparently, one of our troops (with a Muslim background) had some problems with the fighting? I guess we'll hear more as this progresses.

He is the one who threw the grenades into the tent in Kuwait

Thanks. The full details I missed, but heard only parts. This is not cool.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

CBC + BBC: British and American troops are meeting much more resistance than they had anticipated. Very often units are left on the side of the road for over 3 hours while waiting for fuel. The war is not going as smoothly as planned at all.

Right

All i hear on CBC right now is somebody whining how all this is about oil.

There are a LOT of people in the world who think that. Does CNN not report about the millions of people around the world protesting and their views? Whether it's really about oil or not is unknown, but those millions of people are news; that's why the CBC is reporting on them. CNN is cheerleading, not reporting.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: ElFenix
the camera didn't capture the action.

Here's another: Building hit?

well, considering that fire appeared about 5 minutes after the explosions were heard from off camera, i'd say it was unrelated.

oh sweet now the marines and the cav are calling in air strikes at the same time! we might have dual airstrikes!

Actually, Fox News is dissing this event and making fun of it. The cameras were focused on this one *small* event that was just a regular part of the process.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

CBC + BBC: British and American troops are meeting much more resistance than they had anticipated. Very often units are left on the side of the road for over 3 hours while waiting for fuel. The war is not going as smoothly as planned at all.

Right

All i hear on CBC right now is somebody whining how all this is about oil.

There are a LOT of people in the world who think that. Does CNN not report about the millions of people around the world protesting and their views? Whether it's really about oil or not is unknown, but those millions of people are news; that's why the CBC is reporting on them. CNN is cheerleading, not reporting.

it is. they show footage of crowds and cops and protests are constantly in the ticker.

 

[pyonir]

This is the thread to discuss what this war is about.

Or the one above it.

not this thread.

 

[ElFenix]

well the marines have called off their airstrike

 

[Looney]

There are a LOT of people in the world who think that. Does CNN not report about the millions of people around the world protesting and their views? Whether it's really about oil or not is unknown, but those millions of people are news; that's why the CBC is reporting on them. CNN is cheerleading, not reporting.

I guess that's what you get for not watching CNN. Half the afternoon were about the protesters. I just think that's an old and tired whine, that's not news to me anymore.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

There are a LOT of people in the world who think that. Does CNN not report about the millions of people around the world protesting and their views? Whether it's really about oil or not is unknown, but those millions of people are news; that's why the CBC is reporting on them. CNN is cheerleading, not reporting.

I guess that's what you get for not watching CNN. Half the afternoon were about the protesters. I just think that's an old and tired whine, that's not news to me anymore.

yep, the actual war itself is far more interesting than 1600 protestors being arrested in san fran

 

[Looney]

No, i meant the whine about this war is about oil that was old.

The protestors were great... if only there were some better rioting!

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic

There are a LOT of people in the world who think that. Does CNN not report about the millions of people around the world protesting and their views? Whether it's really about oil or not is unknown, but those millions of people are news; that's why the CBC is reporting on them. CNN is cheerleading, not reporting.

I guess that's what you get for not watching CNN. Half the afternoon were about the protesters. I just think that's an old and tired whine, that's not news to me anymore.

I do watch CNN, but not JUST CNN. Why were you rolling your eyes at the CBC for reporting about the protesters when CNN does it as well?

 

[Looney]

I do watch CNN, but not JUST CNN. Why were you rolling your eyes at the CBC for reporting about the protesters when CNN does it as well?

Because that's been on all day. Now there's real current events that are worth watching.

 

[Looney]

BTW, why station do you get the BBC on?

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
BTW, why station do you get the BBC on?

This girl I know gets it on starchoice sattelite. CBC also patches some BBC reports, so I watch those when I'm not at her house.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Moralpanic
BTW, why station do you get the BBC on?

This girl I know gets it on starchoice sattelite. CBC also patches some BBC reports, so I watch those when I'm not at her house.

I'm on Bell Expressvu and even though I didn't subscribe to the news package, they added a whole bunch of news channels for me since the war started. I'm not complaining.

 

[LocutusX]

just so you know, there is a locked thread detailing how to get a nice 350kbps netcast of BBC World as it is shown in holland. something about changing your proxy to some .nl open-proxy-server and then it works. quality is slightly inferior to my TV tuner, but still very very watchable.

i've been watching it for the past 1.5 hours. its 1000x better than crap-ass CBC. CBC has like no correspondents in the places that matter right now, its all just Peter Mansbridge acting like a know-it-all and quizzing old canadian generals who havent seen any action since korea.

also worth watching if you've become a War Media Junkie like me, is that .de proxy which is rebroadcasting a video stream of Al-Jazeera... #1 news channel among rich oil sheiks and suicide bombers worldwide!