CNN: Anderson Cooper says CNN gets restraining order

[Autonomy]

against government, keeping govt from preventing reporters from covering body count in NOLA.

[Megahurtz]

1. Hey! Cool! n/t

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

2. great

Sorry, I duped your post by posting mine at the same time.

I also suggest that folks go to CNN's website, click on contact Anderson Cooper, and thank him, encourage him to keep it up.

This is huge, CNN is not turning their back on the victims of Bush's neglect/homicide.

[NYC]

46. I did that.

The link you posted made it very convenient. Thank you.

[bostonbabs]

3. NO SA.....a media revolt ! Yea...n/t

[Born_A_Truman]

4. Go CNN!

Go Anderson!!

[Trevelyan]

5. God Bless These Courageous Reporters. SUPPORT THEM BY WRITING DIRECTLY

to them and to the station. Have to look up how moved Cafferty was when he read the emails from people thanking the stations for reporting the truth.

Brian Williams has two very good recent articles about the police state that still exists in NOLA and that weapons were pointed at him and his team as a threat and that they cannot move around the city or go into the Dome WHERE PEOPLE WERE LOCKED IN LAST WEEK.

Yesterday, the top article was by a woman I never heard of who did happy talk about the evacuees children starting school with a picture of people in Houston Dome looking okay. No mention of the evacuees in Utah who are said to be behind barbed wire.

Has anyone another link for this latest atrocity against the citizens of NOLA?

[bliss_eternal]

6. Anyone got a CNN link--their website seems to do a great

job of hiding contact links...

Anyone? I'd be happy to write in with my support of this.

Thanks!

[Trevelyan]

19. Done and heres a link.

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10

[nookiemonster]

34. Done.

n/t

[Liberal Mommy]

41. Done & thanks for the link! eom

[bliss_eternal]

50. Thanks for the link-- I'm a few days late...

but I did it! Done!

[MADem]

7. REuters had an article yesterday

saying that the gov't was preventing showing IMAGES of dead bodies in the streets.

WTF??? Is this some NOBLESSE OBLIGE government, where THEY tell us what we need to see, or not?

...and the HORSE they rode in on!!!

What nerve!

[yurbud]

18. Now they need to go after the body count issue

apparently, "We don't do body counts" is going to become the mantra in the US as well as Iraq.

[MADem]

29. I'm wondering if we have, in the midst of this NO chaos, reached the magic

TWO KAY/2K number in Iraq/the Stan. We were awfully, horribly close, and no one is focusing on the Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL) battle right now, with the massive death and destruction on our own Gulf coast.

Who will be Mr. or Ms. 2K?? Why does that crap have to continue?

It's agony.

[yurbud]

43. freeway blogger is planning something for that

[Trevelyan]

20. I read in MSM and elsewhere that Reuters reporter was taken to

Abu ghraib, Reuters made complaint but US will not tell why he was arrested or when he will be charged or how long he will be held.

Yesterday someone wrote about a major offensive on an Iraqi city like Fallujah, telling people to get out. I cut and pasted but my Word Pad is disorganized now. If anyone has a link to another atrocity like Fallujah ongoing in Iraq now would appreciate a link, the poster had a several paragraphs but I don't think there was a link to the story.

[NYC]

47. I think it is Tal Afar.

http://olympics.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-09-09T223516Z_01_MCC955127_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-IRAQ-DC.XML

TAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces heaped pressure on suspected insurgents in the town of Tal Afar on Friday, as Iraq's prime minister vowed to restore order a day after the U.S. military threatened an all-out attack...

...U.S. and Iraqi troops have been battling insurgents there for several days and said they had killed 7 on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said the Iraqi government was heeding calls for help by Tal Afar residents and local tribes...

...Lynch warned on Thursday that a U.S attack may be imminent, and that civilians were leaving the town ahead of a possible strike.

"In Tal Afar, coalition forces and members of the Iraqi security forces are preparing a possible military operation to rid that city of insurgents," he told a news briefing.

"If indeed decisive military operations are required, we want to ensure that the attacks ... kill the insurgents without collateral damage in killing innocent civilians," he added.

A U.S. soldier told Reuters by telephone from the outskirts of Tal Afar on Friday that they had not yet moved into the town.

"We're taking care of the refugees. We're bringing them food and water," he said, without giving his name.

The last sentence is ironic.

[mom cat]

28. Do you have the link to that article? Need it for documentation. Thanks!

[MADem]

30. Here ya go

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2005-09-07T005629Z_01_N06101601_RTRIDST_0_KATRINA-PHOTOGRAPHS.XML

[mom cat]

42. Big hug...Thanks!

[Avalux]

8. Yay!! That was quick!

I am encouraged by this - a big FUCK YOU to Bushco! :applause:

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Well cool!

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Ditch Bu$h and save the Gulf: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=106&topic_id=22507&mesg_id=22507

Then save the nation!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[chiffon]

10. Wow! That was fast.

Good for them.

[donheld]

11. For once the MSM may actually be doing their jobs.

Whoohoo about fucking time.

[Amonester]

25. Yeah, but too late. How many thousands of innocents would

still be alive today if the MSM had not cowered to all the threats of the neocon PNAC'ers?? How many tens of thousands would not have been murdered for their "hidden" agenda (sorry MSM: it wasn't even hidden! It was wide open for every reporter and every working journalist to see with a search engine!!). HOW MANY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT VICTIMS WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF YOU ONLY DARED TO DO YOUR JOB????

[Don Claybrook]

39. ok, point taken, but thank christ they're doing their jobs now

They're the ONLY people who will be able to stop the thugs from getting by with a disgraceful coverup.

[Amonester]

49. I sure am all for that!! But I also want them to kind of "print" that

big inside their memory cells somewhere, and make sure that they'll never come to forget that again (by doing their real job: report the true facts as opposed to the GOP catapulted propaganda).

They must never forget: the world (not just the USA) depends on that!

Time (to make sure the human race will not self-exterminate) is running out (and "too little too late" coupled with excuses and "blame games" from the corrupt aristocracies of this world, starting with BushCo & the oil sheiks won't prevent that self-destruction course from happening)!

They have to remember: "This little endangered planet is at stake." repeatedly, and Never Forget! Never Ever Forget.

[David Zephyr]

12. Compare that to Fox "News"

Argh.

[annabanana]

13. link for Anderson Cooper feedback:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?10

[IndyOp]

15. Thank you!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. Amy Goodman had two reporters on this morning who were threatened

with guns pointed at their heads while they were trying to photograph and report on the disaster in New Orleans. In the case of one reporter, his camera was ripped out of his hands because he had filmed the beating of a suspect.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/09/1411231

"...I was told in no uncertain terms at gunpoint to get the hell out of the area, and I complied as best I could. But Lucas was caught essentially in the gunfire because New Orleans police pulled up behind him and started shooting over his shoulder. So during the 15-minute or so standoff that ensued, he was taking pictures alongside New Orleans officers as they were caught in the standoff. Now, subsequently, they did get two suspects out of the apartment block where this incident was happening, and while Lucas was shooting, they administered a rather fierce beating on these two guys. And I guess that was the problem.

As soon as they realized that the beating of the suspects was being captured on film, one officer tried to rip the camera off his shoulder. His press tag was ripped off. Eventually, they got one camera and started messing with the camera trying to get the pictures out. Fearful that they were going to ruin his camera, he showed them how to get the images out. His second camera was ripped from his shoulder at that time, and when he asked whether he could get his images back, he was threatened with having his neck broken, had guns pointed at him.

I came back to try to help him. I had guns pointed at me. I was told to turn my car around, stop or I’ll shoot. I had a shotgun pointed at the windshield. So the bottom line is about 350 images that Lucas Oleniuk took will never be seen, and I thought almost equally as important, ripping off his press tag at that point and leaving him out any press accreditation driving around in the city in that situation made him incredibly vulnerable. It was a very dangerous situation. ..."

And another reporter compared the situation in New Orleans to covering the Iraq war:

"...I have to say that both me and the other journalist who was with me, both of us who have covered the Iraq war, this was one of the more frightening situations, because they really—I really had the impression that they were willing to shoot anybody and anything. They were incredibly energized, incredibly amped up, and also that that whole area was very lawless, as was said, but the police had a fear and they were willing to -- really willing to intimidate anybody who was there. ..."

[Mein Bush]

23. They can easily shoot to kill and hide the body with ease!

It would be a breeze to murder indescriminantly in NO and even easier to cover it up amongst all that confusion. These reporters are very courageous in trying to get the truth out.

[Radio_Lady]

36. Scary scenario -- in a supposedly "democratic" society!!!

[MelissaB]

48. Please post this in a seperate thread.

People need to see this.

[spooky3]

16. A lot of people are counting on you, Anderson.

[joanne]

17. Wow! This really has permanently changed Anderson Cooper

As well as many other reporters. They deserve medals for their courage in defying the Busheviks.

[Mythsaje]

21. I wrote a note to him...

THANK YOU! Standing up for the poor people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast the way you have against the neglect and abuse of this administration has restored some of my faith in the media. Keep it up and thank you again!

[fooj]

22. You go, Anderson!

Truth to power!

peace.

[John_R_Kelly]

33. He has been the best and most outraged of all of them. Deserves an emmy

or whatever they give reporters for excellence.

Even Brian Williams has left the reservation - so how do you get the
genie back in the bottle after its out?

Hopefully these guys will refuse to go back to the party line.

[mdelaguna2000]

35. I agree - he should get some kind of award...

what a transformation from a vanilla reporter to an advocate for the people.

[democrank]

24. Just thanked him.

Let`s hope this is the beginning of the end for George Bush and his merry band of fascists.

[Helga Scow Stern]

26. I hope this keeps the body count honest.

If they lie about the number of votes, why not the number of bodies if it will quell a very severe threat to staying in power?

[Twist_U_Up]

27. something smells

cnn and bushco have too much invested in this friendship they have acquired. This may be a ploy, keep your nose in the air. wolf in sheep's clothing

all of a sudden cnn has credibility ?

I don`t think I`m going to let them off the hook yet
not until I hear ole wolfie state : gw has been Indicted on High Crimes and Misdemeanor

remember as long as they control the media,we are in bizarre world

[buddysmellgood]

31. Thank god. We've got a few more hours of America left.

[dave123williams]

32. That the government was arguing against this is PATHETIC.

[gate of the sun]

37. Well they don't want it to supersede their

9-11 strategy for a new merika. IF the toll gets too high then well perspectives might change and then the dolt who leads us won't look so good.

[Avalux]

45. I've been saying the same thing.

They'll have to keep the death toll around 2000 to maintain the psychological edge of 9/11.

[CatBoreal]

38. YES!!!!

2ND BEST DAMN NEWS I HEARD ALL DAY!

YES!

PS. The first was Frank Stronach's promise to help house people from New Orleans.

[jazzjunkysue]

40. Ok. My america's coming back. I can take a nap, now.

Thank god.

[mom cat]

44. Make i a short one and watch out for the nightmares.

[jazzjunkysue]

51. Thanks.