This is fan-fuckin-tastic:

From Yahoo News:

NBC Fires Journalist Peter Arnett

NEW YORK - NBC fired journalist Peter Arnett on Monday, angered that he had given an unauthorized interview with state-run Iraqi TV saying the American-led war effort initially failed because of Iraq's resistance.

Arnett apologized for his "misjudgment," but added: "I said over the weekend what we all know about this war."


Britain's Daily Mirror Hires Peter Arnett

LONDON - A British tabloid newspaper said Tuesday it had hired veteran reporter Peter Arnett, who was fired by American TV network NBC after he said the U.S.-led war effort in Iraq had failed.

"Fired by America for telling the truth," said the Daily Mirror in a front page headline, adding it had hired the "legendary war reporter" to carry on telling the truth.
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the brilliant thing about this is that when his interview with iraqi tv first aired, nbc was totally behind him, going so far as to issue a statement that said he had granted them a professional courtesy by giving them the interview. and that his views were his own. and he was fine in doing so. i assume that was before the ad execs had a chance to hear about it from their uber-patriotic and paranoid clients. amazing things can happen when advertising dollars are at stake.