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Military not sure if it will force Rivera to leave

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  1. Oski2005

    Oski2005 Member

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    Confusion surrounds Rivera's expulsion from Iraq

    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. military said Monday that Fox News Channel Correspondent Geraldo Rivera was being expelled from Iraq for divulging details of a future military operation, though later in the day a Central Command spokesman said he was not sure whether the newsman would be forced out.

    "My initial report was that he had been asked to leave his unit and subsequently the country, but since then I've heard different reports," Lt. Cmdr. Charles Owens at Central Command said.

    "Frankly, we have bigger and more important things to do." He urged a reporter to call Fox News to learn Rivera's fate.

    John Stack, vice president of newsgathering for Fox News Channel, said Rivera "has not been told to leave" and that nobody from the U.S. military had contacted the network to say that Rivera is being removed.

    What sparked the controversy was a Monday report by Rivera that U.S. military officials said violated an important Pentagon rule imposed on its so-called embedded correspondents working inside fighting U.S. military units. Rivera had provided crucial details of a future military operation, officials said.

    In a live broadcast from the Iraqi desert, Rivera instructed his photographer to tilt the camera down to the sand in front of his feet so that he could draw a map. Rivera then outlined a map of Iraq, and showed the relative location of Baghdad and his location with the Army's 101st Airborne unit. The reporter then continued with his diagram to illustrate where the 101st would be going next.

    "He gave away the big picture stuff," one stunned senior military official told CNN. "He went down in the sand and drew where the forces are going."

    Rivera then reportedly provided another live report from Iraq on Fox hours after his expulsion was announced. Rivera said he knew nothing about the ordered expulsion at the time of the second report.

    "In fact, I'm further in Iraq than I've ever been," he said. "It sounds like some rats from my former network, NBC, are trying to stab me in the back."

    Rivera said he had heard nothing about being expelled until he called network headquarters for a scheduled live report.

    "MSNBC is so pathetic a cable news network that they have to do anything they can to attract attention," Rivera said. "You can rest assured that whatever they're saying is a pack of lies."

    A U.S. Central Command official said, "He is being pulled. He just doesn't know it yet. He has not gotten the word."

    CNN Pentagon Correspondent Chris Plante contributed to this report.


    http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/31/sprj.irq.rivera/index.html
     
    #1 Oski2005, Apr 1, 2003
  2. codell

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    Looks like they finally came to an agreement ...............

    Rivera should apologize to his former employer. What an ass.

    Fox News, military reach deal on Rivera
    Correspondent will leave Iraq rather than be expelled
    From Chris Plante
    CNN
    Tuesday, April 1, 2003 Posted: 6:32 AM EST (1132 GMT)

    Geraldo Rivera revealed sensitive operational details in a live broadcast for Fox News, Pentagon sources say.

    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Fox News Channel executives and the Pentagon reached a deal Monday in which correspondent Geraldo Rivera, who raised the military's ire when he reported operational details, will leave Iraq voluntarily rather than be expelled, Pentagon officials told CNN.

    After early reports indicated that Rivera would be expelled from the Army unit he was traveling with, Fox and the Pentagon agreed that he would leave on his own, without being officially sanctioned.

    U.S. military officials told CNN on Monday morning that Rivera violated the cardinal rule of war reporting by giving away crucial details of military plans during a Fox News Channel broadcast from Iraq, where the reporter was temporarily assigned to the Army's 101st Airborne Division.

    In the live broadcast, Rivera told his photographer to aim the camera at the sand in front of him. Rivera then outlined a map of Iraq, and showed the relative location of Baghdad and his location with the 101st Airborne. He then showed where the 101st would be going next.

    Senior Pentagon officials also told CNN early Monday that the U.S. military had decided to expel Rivera.

    "He gave away the big-picture stuff," a senior military official told CNN. "He went down in the sand and drew where the forces are going."

    A Pentagon official told CNN that members of the 101st Airborne would escort Rivera to the Kuwaiti border. But Rivera appeared in another live report from Iraq hours after the official announced his expulsion, and said he knew nothing of it.

    "In fact, I'm further in Iraq than I've ever been," he said. "It sounds like some rats from my former network, NBC, are trying to stab me in the back."

    Rivera left his job at CNBC in November 2001 to report from Afghanistan for Fox News.

    Rivera said he had heard nothing about being expelled until he called network headquarters for the scheduled live broadcast.

    "MSNBC is so pathetic a cable news network that they have to do anything they can to attract attention," he said. "You can rest assured that whatever they're saying is a pack of lies."

    Nevertheless, as the day went on, Fox News executives pleaded with Pentagon officials to not expel Rivera. Pentagon officials stood their ground and insisted that Rivera go, and a deal was eventually reached, the Pentagon sources said.
     
    #2 codell, Apr 1, 2003
  3. MoBalls

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    Jerry Rivers is an ass...........I say put his ass on the front line.........let him try and interview a Repblican Guard, and lets see what happens...........JERK
     
    #3 MoBalls, Apr 1, 2003
  4. El_Conquistador

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    He was reporting this morning from inside Iraq with the 101st airborne division. Then the Fox and Friends crew made some comments about not believing what you have read about Rivera. I think he's still on the job. This is a strange story.
     
    #4 El_Conquistador, Apr 1, 2003
  5. RocketMan Tex

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    Geraldo Rivera and FOX News are a perfect fit for each other.
     
    #5 RocketMan Tex, Apr 1, 2003
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