By Chad Groening
One of the most outspoken critics of ABC News anchor Peter Jennings believes the Canadian-born television icon recently became a U.S. citizen in order to deflect criticism of his anti-American bias.
Tim Graham of the Media Research Center (MRC) says Jennings has been bashing America for as long as he can remember. Graham recalls a typical remark from a 1990 broadcast in which Jennings implied that America's involvement in Cambodia had placed the country “on the edge of hell again.”
Graham says the remark “pretty much tells you what Peter Jennings thinks about the United States.” And because such comments are typical of the journalist's reporting, Graham feels the MRC should continue to keep an eye on him. “Whether he has citizenship or not, we'll still be here recalling to people what he's said on the air,” Graham says.
The MRC spokesman says most “main street” Americans would consider Jennings a Canadian. He questions the TV anchor's motives for gaining his U.S. citizenship.
“It doesn't make him a patriotic American. To be blunt, I think this is a political move. The fact of the matter is that his record on the air as a broadcaster has been to be routinely anti-American,” Graham says.
(This article courtesy of Agape Press.)
