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...Peter Arnett, the only television correspondent to remain in Baghdad during the Gulf War, will be Harvard Law School's Commencement speaker, members of the Senior Class Committee announced yesterday...
According to third-year law student Sarah L. Whitson, a member of the committee, the 56-year-old Arnett will speak about the importance of a free press and public awareness in times...
...think his coverage of the war raised important issues about the role of reporters and the public's right to know," Whitson said, adding that Arnett could be a role model for students with privileged educations. "He risked his life for what he believed in, being the best reporter he could be, and refused to be limited by the public's pro-war mood...
...conversion of files and war photos to computer format and even tapped deputy chief of correspondents Barrett Seaman's telephone line to the gulf. In one conversation between Seaman and correspondent Scott MacLeod, the reporter explains that he hopes to drive into bomb-ravaged Baghdad -- where CNN's Peter Arnett has promised him the use of his telephone line. But in exchange for phone privileges, Arnett wants 25 gal. of gasoline. The two men calmly discuss the wisdom of carrying a carload of explosive fuel into the heart of a virtual fire storm. "It certainly gives you a sense...
...military were one of the most publicized sideshows of the gulf war. The battle lines were drawn early and hammered repeatedly. The Pentagon forced reporters to work in pools and imposed other restrictions on coverage; journalists, naturally, objected that they couldn't do their job. CNN's Peter Arnett and other TV reporters sent back dispatches from Baghdad showing civilian casualties; the public, naturally, complained that such reports were aiding the enemy. CBS correspondent Bob Simon, who had bucked the pools to strike out on his own, was captured, along with three colleagues, by Iraqi soldiers and spent 40 days...