This is the little punk.
Just a little help with target
identification.
Posted on 02/01/2005 2:16:20 PM PST by Dales
At a discussion moderated by David R. Gergen, the Director for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, the concept of truth, fairness, and balance in the news was weighed against corporate profit interest, the need for ratings, and how the media can affect democracy. The panel included Richard Sambrook, the worldwide director of BBC radio, U.S. Congressman Barney Frank, Abdullah Abdullah, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, and Eason Jordan, Chief News Executive of CNN. The audience was a mix of journalists, WEF attendees (many from Arab countries), and a US Senator from Connecticut, Chris Dodd.
During one of the discussions about the number of journalists killed in the Iraq War, Eason Jordan asserted that he knew of 12 journalists who had not only been killed by US troops in Iraq, but they had in fact been targeted. He repeated the assertion a few times, which seemed to win favor in parts of the audience (the anti-US crowd) and cause great strain on others.
Due to the nature of the forum, I was able to directly challenge Eason, asking if he had any objective and clear evidence to backup these claims, because if what he said was true, it would make Abu Ghraib look like a walk in the park. David Gergen was also clearly disturbed and shocked by the allegation that the U.S. would target journalists, foreign or U.S. He had always seen the U.S. military as the providers of safety and rescue for all reporters.
Eason seemed to backpedal quickly, but his initial statements were backed by other members of the audience (one in particular who represented a worldwide journalist group). The ensuing debate was (for lack of better words) a real "sh--storm". ...
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No, the military needs the eyes, ears and reports of the media types, especially the beebers and Reuters and CNN people and would do nothing to harm them at least, so long as they continue to provide good military/criminal information.
Complete and total, 100% bullsh!t.
If this had actually been happening, CNN would be running it 24 hours a day.
Brit Hume reporting on it now...and claiming that Barney Frank actually tore into him over the claim.
Jim Geraghty updated his post over on National Review. He said that the Wall Street Journal, in an article available only to paid subscribers, had more info on the incident, and apparantly Barney Frank did confront Jordan and got him to do some backpedaling.
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If they are...their spotters are marking the wrong targets.
I had not seen this- thanks for calling it to my attention.
They removed him once and I think he learned his lesson. My guess is that he is censored or at the very least, monitored very closely. I don't think he'll be drawing any maps in the sand showing the troops movement. BTW, great name you've given him! Now he's Michael Jackson's bitch!
Eason is scum.
Same crap as always; make unsubstantiated claims just to bad mouth the military. Personally, if this Jordan prick was in danger and bullets were flying all around, I would not put his worthless life ahead of mine.
NOthing will happen. And they know it. Because they are above the law.
I'd rather sya to them: Remember Daniel Pearl?
This lowlife thought he was talking to lefties only.
Eason is slime.
Unbelievable... Period.
CNN has NO credibility, and if they led by liars like this -- it is clear why.
This "article" should be faxed to EVERY venue in the nation, and demand that this clymer produce some evidence - or resign and apologize to our forces.
Semper Fi
Damn!
He even looks like a lying, traitorous, feckless imbecile.
Semper Fi
Un-be-freaking-lievable.
I'm a journalist, and I know that if CNN had proof of this, they'd have gone large with it long ago. And they would have been right to do so, of course. If true, it would be the most horrific sort of outrage, and an act of astounding stupidity to boot. The only conceivable reason why CNN has not reported this is because there's no evidence for it at all. And so why did this dismal, appalling piece of gutter trash make such an outrageous statement on the world stage?
Who knows? Who cares? All that matters is that in a sane, rational world, Eason Jordan would be out of a job.
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