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April 07, 2003

Arnett Now With Taiwan TV

Peter Arnett finds another new job
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Fired NBC correspondent Peter Arnett began reporting from Iraq today as a special Baghdad correspondent for Taiwan's TVBS cable news. Before Arnett began reporting for TVBS, the station had no correspondents in Baghdad.

Since he was fired by NBC, Arnett has also been reporting for pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiya, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He has also been hired by the private Belgian TV network VTM, the state-run Greek television channel NET, and The Daily Mirror of London, a tabloid vehemently opposed to the war.

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Comments

Jeez,
Talk about being lured into the Axis of Weasels, Kooks, and Arab conspiracists!!!

Posted by: Jim Hogue at April 7, 2003 12:17 PM

Hey Chief, off topic but your name rings a bell. Were you in Korea around 95-96?

Posted by: tenbase at April 7, 2003 12:18 PM

No,
I retired in May 95. I was at Osan all of 1973.

There was another Chief Hogue who worked in the medical field and who might have been there about that time.

Thanks for asking, it's always nice to run across USAF types on these web sites!!

Posted by: Jim Hogue at April 7, 2003 12:24 PM

Thanks, I wasn't sure. My memory is a little fuzzy from all the soju, but my shop chief in Korea was a SMSgt with a similar name. Carry on!

Posted by: tenbase at April 7, 2003 12:29 PM

First report from him, if you can read Chinese:
http://www.tvbs.com.tw/NEWS/NEWS_LIST.asp?no=jean20030407213059

Posted by: fromTaiwan at April 7, 2003 12:34 PM

Arnett is also reporting on one of Italian Prime Minister (and stuanch Bush ally) Berlusconi's news stations, Turkey's quite mainstream Hürriyet newspaper, and dozens of other publications. I would not make much out of this, Fox is after all in a deal with Al Jazeera to use its stuff as well.

Posted by: USMC92 at April 7, 2003 12:34 PM

Being somewhat familiar with Taiwan, I should point out that Taiwan supports the U.S. action, both politically and popularly. This station probably viewed Arnett as an opportunity to get a big name for cheap.

Posted by: George at April 7, 2003 12:46 PM

TVBS is really a pro-China/anti-US outlet. So are many media left from previous KMT regime. Yes, we are so open to allow such media even when China is THE direct threat to us.

Posted by: fromTaiwan at April 7, 2003 12:58 PM

I thought Arnett had always worked for TV BS...

Posted by: Lou at April 7, 2003 01:09 PM

So, let's ask Peter A.
Is $0.10 worth times the number of your outlets a living wage ?

Posted by: Dan Pursel at April 7, 2003 01:38 PM

Peter's getting lots more work now since he got fired ...

Posted by: Shawn Pickrell at April 7, 2003 03:11 PM