CNN Shows Clip Of Wikileaks' "Collateral Murder" Video But Are In Damage Control Mode...

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...by quoting the Pentagon 'investigation' and saying this is a reminder of "the kind of nastiness that happens during war".

BTW Barbara Starr says they are not showing the part of the video when they open fire out of respect for the Reuters journalists' families. However, Nabil Nour El Deen, Reuters photographer Namir Nour El Deen's brother, has told Al Jazeera English after watching the footage that it is clearly a crime committed by the US military: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgqRzwh-fI


ETA This take on it from Reddit:

So CNN finally covers of the Wikileaks video on The Situation Room. They don't mention about the children or the Good Samaritan at all, and they show only the first few seconds before the shooting starts. More analysis in the self-post. It gets worse.

After showing the first few seconds of the wikileaks video, Wolf then turns to "Pentagon Corespondent" Barbara Starr for the rest of the video. Here's some information about Barbara Starr http://crooksandliars.com/2008/04/11/draft-cnns-endless-loop-of-pentagon-propaganda">link 1, http://crooksandliars.com/2007/02/14/barbara-starr-spreads-wh-propaganda-on-iran-bush-will-not-confirm-white-house-blues">link 2.

So remember the Bush-era story about certain military analysts being used to sell the Iraq war? (if not, http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pentagon_military_analyst_program">here's a refresher) Barbara seems to be a continuation of that concept.

Starr then spends the rest of the video (thus the rest of CNN's coverage of the attack) repeating two talking points:
One: Everything is fine. Everything was investigated. The Pentagon's lies about being attacked first are not mentioned.
Two: This happens all the time. Over a hundred journalists have died in Iraq.

To sum up: No mention of soldiers begging to be allowed to fire on the van. No mention of the injured children. No mention of the tank running over a reporter's body. No mention of the Pentagon's proven lies: that the troops were fired upon and that those attacked were clearly insurgents.

Why is CNN doing damage control for the military?

From: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/bmvfb/so_cnn_finally_covers_of_the_wikileaks_video_on/