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EASON JORDAN JUST RESIGNED (Updated Info)
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| 2/11/05
| Ramesh Ponnuru
Posted on 02/11/2005 3:37:13 PM PST by BCrago66
Edited on 02/11/2005 3:48:56 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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EASON JORDAN JUST RESIGNED
Top CNN exec resigning over Davos remarks By Carolyn Pritchard CBS MarketWatch Last Updated: 6:40 PM ET Feb 11, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- CNN's top news executive, Eason Jordan, said Friday he's resigning amid controversy over his assertion that journalists were targeted and killed by coaltion forces in Iraq. "After 23 years at CNN, I have decided to resign in an effort to prevent CNN from being unfairly tarnished by the controversy over conflicting accounts of my recent remarks regarding the alarming number of journalists killed in Iraq," he said in a note to CNN staff. CNN is a unit of Time Warner (TWX: News, Quote) .
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anotheronebitesdust; cnn; davos; easongate; easonjordan; footinmouth; jordan; leadfolloworgtfootw; media; notchonfrbelt; ponnuru; resignation; wef; who
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To: Bahbah
Wow breaking news on CNN:
We are the IPOD nation.
541
posted on
02/11/2005 5:23:52 PM PST
by
Dog
To: xJones
Excerpts from the pre-resignation story this afternoon:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/11/tv.cnn.jordan.ap/index.html
Bret Stephens, a Wall Street Journal columnist, wrote Thursday that he had been in the audience for Jordan's presentation and that Jordan had said that 12 journalists in Iraq had been targeted and killed by coalition forces. Jordan also told a story about an Al-Jazeera columnist that had been tortured at Abu Ghraib prison.
Challenged immediately by another panelist, Rep. Barney Franks, Jordan said that he did not believe the Bush administration had a policy of targeting journalists ...
...
"Mr. Jordan deserves some credit for retracting the substance of his remark, and some forgiveness for trying to weasel his way out of a bad situation of his own making," Stephens wrote. "Whether CNN wants its news division led by a man who can't be trusted to sit on a panel and field softball questions is another matter."
A Web site, Easongate.com, is calling for CNN to release a full transcript of what Jordan said in Switzerland.
"Mr. Jordan has been reported to have charged the U.S. military with intentionally targeting journalists," the petition says. "If he has evidence of such acts, we request that it be aired so that appropriate investigations may be undertaken by the U.S. government. We will readily assist in forwarding these claims to our elected leadership.
"If Mr. Jordan did in fact allege these acts, and has no such evidence, we ask that he be removed from his position immediately."
The Web site said 1,453 people had signed the petition by midday Thursday.
CNN said, however, that it had no such transcript and, although a videotape reportedly exists of the conference, the meetings were held under rules forbidding participants from being quoted directly.
542
posted on
02/11/2005 5:23:56 PM PST
by
Fido969
To: cyncooper
Once again, those who oppose the President are hoist on their own petard. HAHAHAHA!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Wall comes down a piece at a time.
It's going to hit critical mass, and the whole thing will crumble.
To: Dog
Wow breaking news on CNNCool. Sorry, kewl.
545
posted on
02/11/2005 5:25:44 PM PST
by
Bahbah
To: nutmeg
WooooooooHoooooooo!!!!
PajamaMujahideen strikes again!
So RELEASE THE TAPE already!!!!!!!!!!!
546
posted on
02/11/2005 5:26:18 PM PST
by
lainde
( ...we are not European, we are American, and we have different principles!")
To: JimWforBush
To: ProfoundMan
Alright... Hugh just announced it. Glad Hugh has his pants on.
548
posted on
02/11/2005 5:26:49 PM PST
by
ProfoundMan
(At what point does this crap become sedition?)
To: Miss Marple
There's a sort of 6-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon twist to this story:
Easton Jordan's Boss is Jonathan Klein
Jonathan Klein used to be head of CBS News
CBS News broadcast false documents and then Klein,
though retired, came out immediately and appeared
on Fox to support Rather. In his appearance on Fox,
he said "These are just a bunch of guys in their
living rooms in their PAJAMAS".
I sit here in my Pajamas--in my living room---
writing about Klein shoving Jordan out the door.
LOL!
pushing Jordan out the door.
549
posted on
02/11/2005 5:27:15 PM PST
by
Timeout
(Dems are suffering from a severe case of Potus Envy. There is no known cure.)
To: Bahbah
LOL, thanks. The confirmation of the story came on post 60 and not 360 this time, luckily.
550
posted on
02/11/2005 5:27:57 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
To: ProfoundMan
I sent him an email an hour ago....about time he read it.
551
posted on
02/11/2005 5:28:57 PM PST
by
Dog
To: prairiebreeze
Hugh Hewitt just announced it on his show.
552
posted on
02/11/2005 5:29:14 PM PST
by
pugmama
To: BCrago66
I kind of shoved this whole story aside because his comments were just too stupid to even think about. I haven't really followed any of the threads about it, so excuse me if this has already been discussed previously, but isn't this the same guy who ignored known atrocities by Saddam Hussein and failed to report them just so they'd be able to keep the CNN office in Baghdad?
553
posted on
02/11/2005 5:29:33 PM PST
by
mass55th
("If I were two faced, would I be wearing this one?"----Abe Lincoln (1809-1865))
To: Dog
And the Daily KOS:
http://www.dailykos.com
Not a word and it is 7:30 CST. Again, I'm stunned.
To: BCrago66
O'Reilly is taped at 4 or 5 pm..it's NOT live..Hannity at 9 is ilfve..The FOx logo in the upper felt hand corner says LIVE..
555
posted on
02/11/2005 5:29:42 PM PST
by
ken5050
To: Dog
odd don't you think the President of CNN resigns and they don't cover it.....*snicker!*
556
posted on
02/11/2005 5:29:59 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
To: JimWforBush
Now we have to get to the bottom of the O'Malley(?) crap and FR.
557
posted on
02/11/2005 5:30:19 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: BCrago66
The timing is suspicious.
558
posted on
02/11/2005 5:31:13 PM PST
by
Sloth
(I don't post a lot of the threads you read; I make a lot of the threads you read better.)
To: Timeout
559
posted on
02/11/2005 5:33:08 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
To: Bahbah
560
posted on
02/11/2005 5:33:24 PM PST
by
Txsleuth
(Proud to be a Texan)
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