] CNN's firing of Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Price winning
] journalist who achieved international acclaim for his
] on-the-spot reporting from Baghdad during the Gulf War,
] sheds further light on the subordination of the US media
] to the military and intelligence establishment.
]
] CNN announced on Tuesday it had agreed to a settlement
] with Arnett, who has worked for the network for 18 years,
] to terminate his employment two and a half years in
] advance of the expiration of his current contract. The
] network's statement came one day after Arnett told the
] press that CNN had rejected his request to report on the
] current war from Belgrade, and had effectively muzzled
] him since last July.
]
] Arnett received a Pulitzer in 1966 for his work as an
] Associated Press reporter in Vietnam. By the time of the
] Gulf War he had become CNN's premier international
] correspondent. He came under criticism at that time from
] government and military circles for his objective
] reportage of civilian casualties resulting from the US
] bombing of Baghdad.