Another blunder in American journalism

I was disappointed to hear that war correspondent Peter Arnett got sacked by NBC and National Geographic yesterday. Arnett gave an interview on Iraqi television in which he praised Iraqi hospitality and said that the American "war plans have failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan." While Arnett isn't going to win Patriot of the Year any time soon, I don't think his words were grounds for dismissal. Nothing he said compromised the war effort, nothing he said was unprofessional and nothing he said was false. Arnett, not any NBC executive, is the one on the front lines so let him report the war as he sees it. We're talking about a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has been covering wars for over 30 years. All NBC and National Geographic have done is weaken the already sub-par American journalism corps. Arnett was a valuable resource who should've been given the benefit of the doubt.