Rivera sorry for Iraq incident
Geraldo Rivera says he’s sorry for breaking the military’s rules for journalists by outlining planned troop movements in the sand.
The Fox News Channel correspondent, now in Kuwait, delivered his apology on the air Sunday night. He said a review of his report while traveling with the 101st Airborne Division last week “showed that I did indeed break one of the rules related to embedment.”
The Pentagon asked that Rivera be taken out of Iraq after his report.
“I’m sorry that it happened and I assure you that it was inadvertent,” Rivera said. “Nobody was hurt by what I said. No mission was compromised. I should have been more careful.”
His statement was in contrast to Rivera’s bravado last week, when he labeled reports that he had been ousted from Iraq “a pack of lies” spread by “some rats” at NBC.
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