] The sacking of Peter Arnett by NBC for appearing on Iraqi
] television is just one sign of the enhanced sensitivity
] of the American news media to charges of being
] unpatriotic as the Iraq war enters its third week.
]
] Mr Arnett was not the first reporter sacked for his war
] coverage. Last Friday, Phil Smucker, a Christian Science
] Monitor reporter, was escorted to the Kuwait border after
] Marines charged he was revealing sensitive information
] about the location of troops while broadcasting.
]
] And Fox News celebrity correspondent Geraldo Rivera, who
] was with the 101st Airborne Division, was asked to leave
] Iraq on Monday by the US military for the same reason;
] Fox reportedly said it was looking into the matter.