he-he-he Eason had it coming.Way to go bloggers! Now as to the others, - GET THEM!
Posted on 02/12/2005 4:51:47 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
Jayson Blair, Raynes, Rather, Mapes, Eason and ? have met the howling winds of Truth and lost.
What if the DAVOS tape reveals what ELSE was said, aside from Jordan's comments?
We have to press on for the tape.
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Partners of the Annual Meeting 2005
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Strategic Partners
ABB
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Accel Partners
Accenture
Apax Partners
AUDI AG
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Bain & Company
Barco
The Boeing Company
Bombardier
Booz Allen Hamilton
BP
Cisco Systems
The Coca-Cola Company
Computer Associates International
Deloitte
Deutsche Bank
DHL
Ernst & Young
Fluor Corporation
HP
IBM Corporation
Infosys Technologies
KPMG
Kudelski Group
McKinsey & Company
Manpower
Merck & Co.
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft Corporation
Nakheel
Nestlé
New York Stock Exchange
Nike
PepsiCo
Pfizer
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Reliance Industries
Siemens
Swiss Re
Time Warner
Volkswagen
Zurich Financial Services
http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Members+and+Partners%5CPartners+Summit%5CPartners_Annual+Meeting+2005
Especially true in the last 3-4 years with the explosive growth of weblogs on the Internet and the ability to report on what anybody says anywhere in the world publicly on the Internet sometimes in the matter of minutes. That posting by Buckhead here on FR shortly after the 60 Minutes II report on President Bush's Texas Air National Guard service quickly triggered off an investigation that within 24 hours totally debunked the story and totally ruined the reputation of CBS News once and for all.
If you've read Alvin Toffler's book The Third Wave, he write in that book a chapter called "De-Massifying the Media," where as communications technologies improve the giant media conglomerates will wield less power. It appears that weblogs have made Toffler's prophecy come true.
Jordan's days were numbered after he authored the NYT editorial where he admitted that CNN withheld stories and colored others to maintain its presence in Iraq. His Faustian bargain with Saddam was the beginning of his undoing. He admitted that CNN ignored tortune and other household Saddamite atrocities so that they could continue to report the important news, such as the amazing Saddam landslide in Iraq's truly democratic elections, mind you the recent one's were total frauds. It wasn't so much that CNN committed these terrible acts of omission but rather that Jordan, in classic liberal attitude, failed to comprehend the destructive effects of these acts.
To Jordan I can only say good riddance and I'm sorry the world didn't catch on to you sooner.
"What I found odd about this post/story...was the involvement of Frank and Dodd."
They probably jumped on the story, hoping it WAS true so they could bash Bush and the troops.
blogs are little First Amendment machines".
Essentially, this whole episode is an exercise of First Amendment rights, documenting the odious statement of a supposedly professional journalist.
Everyone has a printing press now
YES AND NOW WATCH AS THE LEFT GETs THE GOVT TO REGULATE THE INTERNET.
BECAUSE "WHO EVER CONTROLS THE PRESSES HAS THE POWER"
QUOTE FROM COMMIE..LENNIN?
I would like to believe that these useful idiots are paying some kind of price for their wisdom-deficient opinings; but am not aware there has been one yet; that they have had to pay.
Hope I am wrong. . .
Let's not get drunk with power, remember along with power comes responsibility.
he-he-he Eason had it coming.Way to go bloggers! Now as to the others, - GET THEM!
Well, whatever his intentions; I can appreciate his input; but not enough for me to 'reevaluate Barney Frank as a Demrat politician'.
The Top guy at CNN resigns and they put it under entertainment???
EASONGATE: BARNEY FRANK TALKS
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/001447.htm
By Michelle Malkin · February 07, 2005 11:22 AM
Just got off the phone with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who spoke with me about Easongate. Rep. Frank was on the panel at Davos.
Rep. Frank said Eason Jordan did assert that there was deliberate targeting of journalists by the U.S. military. After Jordan made the statement, Rep. Frank said he immediately "expressed deep skepticism." Jordan backed off (slightly), Rep. Frank said, "explaining that he wasn't saying it was the policy of the American military to target journalists, but that there may have been individual cases where they were targeted by younger personnel who were not properly disciplined."
Rep. Frank said he didn't pay attention to the audience reaction at the time of the panel, but recalled that Sen. Dodd was "somewhat disturbed" and "somewhat exercised" and that moderator David Gergen also said Jordan's assertions were "disturbing if true." I have a call in to Sen. Dodd's office and sent an e-mail inquiry to Gergen.
I asked Rep. Frank again if his recollection was that Jordan initially maintained that the military had a deliberate policy of targeting journalists. Rep. Frank affirmed that, noting that Jordan subsequently backed away orally and in e-mail that it was official policy, but "left open the question" of whether there were individual cases in which American troops targeted journalists.
After the panel was over and he returned to the U.S., Rep. Frank said he called Jordan and expressed willingness to pursue specific cases if there was any credible evidence that any American troops targeted journalists. "Give me specifics," Rep. Frank said he told Jordan.
Rep. Frank has not yet heard back from Jordan.
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Let's not get drunk with power, remember along with power comes responsibility.
Stop it! You're ruining a perfectly good gloat thread. :-)
Well Done, all good and faithful Bloggers.
This has been a most interesting {nearly} 2 weeks!
MSM: 0, Pajama wearers: 2!
Congratulations!!!
The Hollyweirds have had trouble telling the difference between harsh reality and their make-believe world for a long time. The blogosphere is teaching them the difference.
There's a lesson in your words I think... check this out:
I think Geraghty is correct on Easongate
CNN's Chris Cramer by Freeper Chgogal
Vn,
Wonder if someone/blogger is already working on this?? Maybe we can ping LaShawn.
For CNN to push Jordan out, tells me there's more than just incriminating comments to nail Jordan, but to nail more hides to the wall.
YW FTD! :)
SHOW THE TAPE!!
KUDO'S to all the Bloggers that nailed his butt on this outrageous accusation
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