ARNETT'S BETRAYAL
Jack Shafer's widely (and rightly) linked article on Peter Arnett makes the important point that Arnett is an awful reporter. It doesn't explain why nobody is sorry to see him go: In his interview with Iraqi TV, he betrayed his profession, kissing up to censors who've been expelling fellow journalists from Iraq. It was a display that any decent journalist, of any political persuasion, would find stomach-turning. His comments about the war were secondary.