NBC, ABC Pull Reporters From Baghdad After Comments Indicating War
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Mar 17, 2003
NBC, ABC Pull Reporters From Baghdad After Comments Indicating War The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Two American television networks, concerned that a war with Iraq could be imminent, are removing their reporters from Baghdad. NBC News decided to pull its six-member television crew after comments from the Bush administration indicating that a military conflict could begin within days, network spokeswoman Allison Gollust told The New York Times.
On Monday, two foreign reporters from ABC also said they were leaving. A week ago, there were 450 foreign journalists in Baghdad. On Monday, the number was down to 300, Iraq's Information Ministry said.
The Bush administration has advised journalists to leave Baghdad, but NBC and ABC would be the first major television networks to remove staff voluntarily from the Iraqi capital.
The Fox News Channel was expelled from the city last month by the Iraqi government.
NBC would likely still be able to get coverage from Baghdad from Peter Arnett, the former CNN correspondent who now reports for MSNBC, NBC's sister cable network.
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