CBS demands that US forces in Iraq release camera man

[Melodybe]

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-09-15/

[fooj]

1. Well, it's about damn time!

Peace.

[medeak]

2. CNN to be more "aggressive"

on same link:

Hurricane Blows In Change for CNN, Says Chief


CNN President Jonathan Klein maintained Wednesday that, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the cable news network plans to take a more "aggressive" stance in its reporting and to do more to challenge officialdom. Interviewed on the blog TVNewser, Klein said, "It's been an objective of ours for the whole year, to take a more muscular and assertive approach to covering the news. ... Amid all the talk we've been doing about it, we have finally found a story where correspondents and anchors could apply it." He said that such a stance will continue after the Katrina story dies down. "This will be a permanent hallmark of our coverage. Our voice is going to be one of aggressively demanding answers on behalf of the audience, which does not have access to a microphone or those officials," he said

[babylonsister]

3. More (ahem) here:

CBS Demands U.S. Release Cameraman


CBS News has demanded that American forces in Iraq immediately release 25-year-old cameraman Abdul Amir Younes Hussein, who was shot and wounded by U.S. forces while he was filming the aftermath of a car bombing for the network on April 5. Today's (Thursday) Wall Street Journal reported that the network and military authorities have become locked in a bitter legal and political dispute over the arrest and that the network has hired a prominent Washington law firm, which has gathered strong evidence to dispute the military's allegations that Hussein had been engaged in "insurgent activity" and that he posed "an imperative threat to coalition forces." The network issued a statement Wednesday saying: "The cameraman has now been detained for more than five months, and no one concerned has been informed of the evidence against him." In its report, the WSJ observed that military officials have also refused to allow CBS to recover its camera or duplicate the videotape Hussein had shot, stating that it could be used as evidence. In addition to Hussein, at least four other Iraqi journalists including two cameramen for Reuters, remain in American custody, the newspaper said.

[klook]

4. Showing the truth = "insurgent activity" eom