In Baghdad, ABC's Jennings Salutes Saddam's Support of the Arts

Rich Noyes | January 21, 2003
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A few weeks before the U.S. military invasion of Iraq, ABC anchor Peter Jennings broadcast as "news" a demonstration in favor of Saddam Hussein's support of the arts, something obviously orchestrated by the dictatorship.

Jennings began: "This week we were surprised to see several hundred artists and writers walking through the streets of Baghdad to say thank you to Saddam Hussein..."