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Remarks on Iraqi TV cost NBC journalist his job

Washington March 31. News correspondent Peter Arnett, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War for the Associated Press, has been sacked by NBC after he suggested on Iraqi television that the U.S. war plan had failed.

On its ``Today's Show'' morning news broadcast, NBC read a statement from network officials announcing that the New Zealand-born Arnett, had been canned.

``It was wrong for Mr. Arnett to grant an interview to state-controlled Iraqi TV, especially during war,'' it said.

``And it was wrong for him to discuss personal observations and opinions in that interview.'' Therefore,'' the statement concluded, ``Peter Arnett will no longer be reporting for NBC News and MSNBC.''

On the same broadcast today, Mr. Arnett offered apologies to NBC and to the U.S. public, saying he was ``embarrassed'' by the controversy that had erupted following his comments. — AFP

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