[Media-watch] Complain to Newsnight's Kirsty Wark

Darren Smith djs1 at stir.ac.uk
Sat Mar 22 00:23:33 GMT 2003


Please complain to Newsnight's Kirsty Wark.

Tonight (21 March 2003) on Newsnight, while talking to Washington
correspondent Tom Carver, she made the throw away comment that a Turkish
invasion of northern Iraq "takes the shine off" operation "Shock and
Awe".

Her email address is kirsty.wark at bbc.co.uk and copy to the
Newsnight email address newsnight at bbc.co.uk

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my letter...

Dear Kirsty,

Tonight (just minutes ago) you commented that a Turkish invasion of
northern Iraq might 'take the shine off "Shock and Awe".'

I find it disgusting that you can, via a throw away comment, slightly
glorify the horror, terror and fear inflicted on innocent Iraqis in
Baghdad tonight. Do you think the frightened children crouching in small
basements in houses all over Baghdad would understand how anything could
'take the shine off "Shock and Awe."?'

Your comment says to me that you have no idea, no feeling, of what shock
and awe - more like terror and fear - means to the innocent people under
such high tech, glossy TV, bombardment.

Regards,



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