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From a Book “Western Media and Its Impact On Society”. 
American Aggression against Iraq was actually performed through media. Various TV channels of America and Britain invested millions of dollars in order to provide live reporting. The CNN alone spent one thousand million dollars. And, of course, this network made a record in telling transparent lies in the field of journalism.
In order to perpetuate its monopoly over the media, American policy makers have for long curbing its freedom. During its war against Iraq, the American defense ministry warned all the journalists that they should not make such reporting that would go against the American interests. Hence only those selected journalists were sent to the war front who would strictly abide by the instructions of Pentagon. American intentions could be well imagined by considering the fact that a correspondent of the Time magazine was apprehended and subsequently blindfolded by the American military personal for not less than twenty-four hours on the grounds that he had, by way of protest, departed from the selected few journalists.
Media correspondent of France, Britain and several other European countries staged demonstrations against the American policy of banning free access of media persons to the war front. The international organization of journalists consists of more than a thousand members protested against vesting all rights of reporting to CNN alone. Although VOA, BBC and other French and Israeli TV channels also played their role with fidelity, but the CNN’s role was thought to be highly commendable. It has an agreement with Pentagon and in lieu of that it was provided with extraordinary facilities that none among others enjoyed. Strangely enough, Iraq itself allowed only CNN correspondents to remain on its soil while other were asked to leave. Yellow journalism of the CNN proved to be a big success for America. George W. Bush (senior) later on referred to its saying that CNN provided them with information more valuable than the task performed by the CIA. Even the CIA director himself suggested to the American National Security Advisor to watch CNN for getting live information about American bombing on Iraq.
Three days before the air strike began, the CNN sent its correspondent, Petter Arnett, to Baghdad to meet other two of his colleagues, John Holyman and Bernard Shaw who had already been present there. All the three men stayed at the ninth story of Rashid Hotel of Baghdad having along with them some technicians who had been assigned the job of spying.
In the intervening night between 17[SUP]th[/SUP] and 18[SUP]th[/SUP] February 1991 a terrible American bombardment on Iraq took place. In the very first attack were destroyed the nuclear installations and the TV tower station leaving whole Iraq cut off from rest of the world. In spite of all this, the CNN with the help of its sophisticated dish antennae provided live information to its centre at Atlanta.
The 17[SUP]th[/SUP] January conversation between the media persons of CNN and Baghdad and Atlanta centre was recorded as:
Holyman (H) (from Rashid Hotel); I’m witnessing from here many Iraqi places being targeted.
The Announcer (A) (in the Atlanta studio): I have heard that Saddam Hussein addressed the Iraqi public on television.
H: I’ve also heard that he had visited the T.V. station at 4:20 a.m. this morning.
A: Is he still at the station?
H: Our technicians have not given such information. So, I’m not certain about it.
A: Has the Presidential Palace been bombarded?
H: I think the planes have missed their target as I can see, from here, that only the right side area of the Palace has been attacked so far.
A: Please inform us in detail about the attacks.
H: Bombs are being dropped everywhere. The northern area is under intense bombardment; anti-aircraft tanks are illuminating the sky. I think the communication center has been completely destroyed.
A: Has not the Baghdad airport been attacked yet?
H: No, not yet.
This conversation was going on from 5 o’clock to 10 o’clock in the morning. It was before the evening that everything including the Baghdad airport, the T.V. station and the Presidential Palace were completed destroyed. Only then came the Iraqi government to sense that it was the CNN correspondents were asked to leave Baghdad. Only Peter Arnett was allowed to continue, for he gave wide coverage to the addresses and interviews of Saddam Hussein.
Acting according to the directions from the Pentagon, Peter Arnett recorded a detailed interview with Saddam Hussein while the bombarding process was on. But, since the communication system has already been destroyed, the Pentagon stopped the bombardment for four hours on Peter’s request so that he could easily send the recorded interview through the dish Antenna.
At the end of the Gulf War I, the American Air Marshal admitted that they would send their warplanes on the information of the CNN. The American defense minister also admitted that they watch CNN for getting live information about the war. Later on, the CIA also admitted that there had been a complete mutual understanding and support between the Pentagon and the CNN. John Holyman and Bernard Shaw were appointed at high posts by the American government for their valuable services.
The same Peter Arnet has, now, been fired because he violated the directions of the Pentagon in the ongoing second American aggression on Iraq. According to NBC, “It was wrong for Mr. Arnett to grant an interview to state – controlled Iraqi T.V. – especially in a time of war – and it was wrong of him to present his personal observations and opinions in that interview”. Arnett said hi his interview that there was “a growing challenge to President Bush about the conduct of the war”.