Live from Baghdad
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.30 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385421656 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 303 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Smith's How CNN Fought the War: A View from the Inside ( LJ 9/15/91), which begins essentially when Wiener's saga ends. Focusing on the talents behind the camera, as well as in front, Wiener's book will appeal primarily to informed readers, broadcasters, and journalists. From Library Journal CNN viewers were transfixed by the early Gulf War reporting of Bernard Shaw, John Holliman, and Peter Arnett. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/91.- Bruce Rosenstein, "USA To day" Lib., Arlington, Va.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Wiener details the often delicate dealings with local bureaucrats and diplomats, his own team in Iraq, and CNN executives in Atlanta. Why they were the only television correspondents on the air from Baghdad is the story told by Wiener, CNN's executive producer coordinating coverage in Iraq from August 1990 t
On August 23, 1990, CNN executive producer Robert Wiener landed at Saddam International Airport. But, armed with irreverence, pluck, and a dogged determination to see it through, Wiener and his CNN cohorts were there for the long haul. A few days later, the Iraqis expelled almost everyone—except Wiener, Arnett and their courageous engineer.. In tow were correspondent Jim Clancy, a camera crew, and enough equipment to fill seven taxis.Wiener’s job was to orchestrate the network’s coverage from the Iraqi capital—a herculean task that involved everything from negotiating with difficult Iraqi officials to gathering news to lifting spirits (including those that came in bottles). The country’s besiegement, compounded by the cutthroat competition of aggressive Western news media, created daily pressures so intense that news crews at “ground zero” frequently resorted to late-night bases where cross-dressing was not uncommon.Celebrities like Jesse Jackson, Dan Rather, and Carl Bernstein dropped in amid the chaos, only to fly out the moment they’d gotten their piece of the story. And when the Iraqi capital came under attack, co
"A portrait of cooperation, luck, and determination" according to A Customer. Live From Baghdad is one of those books that you just cannot put down. Giving the details of the struggle to get the story out before and during the Gulf War, this book is a tremendous personal account of what it takes to succeed in impossible circumstances. Robert Wiener and his crew made extreme personal sacrifices, sometimes in life-threatening circumstances, to get the story out a. John G. Hilliard said Dull from Baghdad. I found this book and thought it would be interesting to see what happened to the press during the war. Unfortunately for me all this author talked about was bureaucratic problems and drinking and smoking. I kept reading thinking that once the war started the book would pick up and at page "Dull from Baghdad" according to John G. Hilliard. I found this book and thought it would be interesting to see what happened to the press during the war. Unfortunately for me all this author talked about was bureaucratic problems and drinking and smoking. I kept reading thinking that once the war started the book would pick up and at page 275 the war started but the book remained dull. I am assuming that the author is a much better T. 75 the war started but the book remained dull. I am assuming that the author is a much better T. Good, but writer A Customer This book is a good and even thrilling description of the first gulf war and how CNN reporters reported from Baghdad. That being said, this writer couldn't be more self-adoring and congratulatory, or obnoxious. At the end of the book, he compares Bush's intelligence to that of his pet cat. Whether you are a Bush-lover or hater, that is a disgraceful, horrible thing to say about the pr