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CNN News Executive Eason Jordan Quits
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| 2/11/05
| By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
Posted on 02/11/2005 5:42:46 PM PST by JesseJane
NEW YORK - CNN chief news executive Eason Jordan quit Friday amidst a furor over remarks he made in Switzerland last month about journalists killed by the U.S. military in Iraq (news - web sites).
Jordan said he was quitting to avoid CNN being "unfairly tarnished" by the controversy.
During a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum (news - web sites) last month, Jordan said he believed that several journalists who were killed by coalition forces in Iraq had been targeted.
He quickly backed off the remarks, explaining that he meant to distinguish between journalists killed because they were in the wrong place where a bomb fell, for example, and those killed because they were shot at by American forces who mistook them for the enemy.
"I never meant to imply U.S. forces acted with ill intent when U.S. forces accidentally killed journalists, and I apologize to anyone who thought I said or believed otherwise," Jordan said in a memo to fellow staff members at CNN.
But the damage had been done, compounded by the fact that no transcript of his actual remarks has turned up. There was an online petition calling on CNN to find a transcript, and fire Jordan if he said the military had intentionally killed journalists.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: JesseJane
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:55:06 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: SandRat
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:55:12 PM PST
by
marty60
To: caisson71
Someone probably saw the tape, it's indefensible, and CNN would rather just cut their losses at this point. Was he pushed?? Oh, I'm sure as a liberal, he'll tell us what REALLY happened... they can never suffer due humiliation without retaliation.
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:55:22 PM PST
by
JesseJane
(KERRY: I have had conversations with leaders, yes, recently.That's not your business, it's mine.)
To: JesseJane
Having demonstrated that he is highly qualified, Jordan is now free to accept a job as a reporter for The New York Times.
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:55:50 PM PST
by
Nicholas Conradin
(If you are not disquieted by "One nation under God," try "One nation under Allah.")
To: JesseJane
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:56:26 PM PST
by
PGalt
To: SandRat
It was a conservative e-valanche.
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:57:25 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I'm not all that cranky anymore. Someday I'll say just why.)
To: TADSLOS
That was classic!
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:57:50 PM PST
by
joedelta
(Those who long for peace must prepare for war)
To: MisterRepublican
Well, this win was for all of us who support the military, IMO. IF the lefties did, this would've already been a done deal, with dust on the story.
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:58:02 PM PST
by
JesseJane
(KERRY: I have had conversations with leaders, yes, recently.That's not your business, it's mine.)
To: Tai_Chung
He knew exactly what he was saying
Exactly, he can't play dum-b on this one. if he does then maybe we have part of the problem with CNN. They hire idiots to run the place.
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:58:07 PM PST
by
marty60
To: JesseJane
Okay, score one for each side. Jeff Gannon/Eason Jordan. That makes it a tie. Who do we go after next?
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:58:16 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: JesseJane; All
"I'm Scared"
To: nothingnew
I am waiting for stockholder revolts at the parent companies of CNN, CBS, etc.
As the democrat party management operatives drive CNN credibility and ratings into the ground, one would hope that stockholders become livid and litiginous at the liberals destroying the franchises.
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posted on
02/11/2005 5:58:19 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
To: WVNan
Rather and Jordan are big hits.
To: SkyPilot
Thanks for the ping SP! :)
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posted on
02/11/2005 6:00:00 PM PST
by
JesseJane
(KERRY: I have had conversations with leaders, yes, recently.That's not your business, it's mine.)
To: ArmyBratproud
You're right. Our scores are bigger.
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posted on
02/11/2005 6:00:06 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: Nicholas Conradin
LOL, is Jason Blairs seat still empty??
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posted on
02/11/2005 6:00:48 PM PST
by
JesseJane
(KERRY: I have had conversations with leaders, yes, recently.That's not your business, it's mine.)
To: JesseJane
Maybe he can get a job with his old pal, Saddam Hussein.
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posted on
02/11/2005 6:02:42 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: JesseJane
avoid CNN being "unfairly tarnishedbut okay to slime troops
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posted on
02/11/2005 6:04:03 PM PST
by
maine-iac7
(...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time - LINCOLN)
To: JesseJane
The be-aches are falling like flies. It's got to be a real bummer not being able to fabricate stories out of thin air, and have the public believe it with nary a word. It's a new world MSM, and things you say can and will be used against you in exposing the truth.
To: Cicero
Actually, it's be nice if they shared a cell, no?
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posted on
02/11/2005 6:06:53 PM PST
by
JesseJane
(KERRY: I have had conversations with leaders, yes, recently.That's not your business, it's mine.)
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