No More CNN In The Green Zone

[sabra]

http://wonkette.com/politics/cnn/news-from-iraq-cnn-outrage-227722.php

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From: FDXBKBR - USMI All Hands
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:35 PM
Subject: CNN Outage
Importance: High

ALCON:

The cable service provider responsible for servicing the Embassy Compound no longer provides CNN as part of the cable package. Discussions are currently underway to address possible alternatives.

Please refrain from submitting Service Orders pertaining to this problem.

Regards,
(Redacted)
KBR Government and Infrastructure
IT/Commo Department
United States Mission-Iraq
USM-I Central
APO AE 09316

[annabanana]

1. How odd..

Considering that CNN is Faux in kid gloves...

[originalpckelly]

2. I wonder why that could be?

:shrug:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. payback for showing the insurgent video?

:shrug:

[rolfboy]

4. Ok, what's Haliburton doing deciding which MSM gets access

did anyone else notice that this directive came from KBR (subsidiary of Haliburton)?

WTF is going on? since when do supposedly "private" companies decide (not to mention public organizations) as to which MSM or real media gets access.

this just further boils my blood!!! GRRRRRR

robert

[MidwestTransplant]

13. Yes. It's Kellog Brown and Root. A sub. of Haliburton.

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. Wonder who their cable service provider is

[underpants]

6. None in the White House either and Dick Cheney demands in his hotel room

Because the NEW TRUTH just tastes so much better

[peace13]

7. Pretty soon there will be only Fox in the green zone. n/t

[Jacobin]

8. yep. that would be it

[Double T]

9. It is HEAVY DUTY censorship and propaganda time from Baghdad...........

a president's legacy is at stake here and there is NO ROOM for truth.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

10. Does the Green zone get MSNBC?

[bdamomma]

11. what is this all about, to keep the American people isolated from

the truth.

[Atman]

12. Fox2 and Fox3?

More FOX! It's the only way to keep moral up. Officially sanctioned bullshit.

(And Cabal News Network was bad enough as it is!).

.

[cwydro]

14. Yeah, I'll bet they get Fox

where is our DUer in the Green Zone?

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. I guess that Michael Ware kept setting off the truth alarm.....can't have that!

[SoCalDem]

16. Satellites don't go over Iraq?

They "can" get anything they "want". I guess all they want the troops to see is Fox & Pentagon channel..

troops with internet access can still find out what's going on, but they sure are making it difficult, aren't they?

It's very similar to what's happening on rasio. Freeps can tune in ANY radio anywhere, anytime, and hear rightwing reinforcement, but if you are liberal/progressive and just want to hear some truth, you must PAY for satellite radio or listen online..