Eason Jordan affair: when bloggers appear as the sons of Senator McCarthy

Editor's Weblog ^ | 2/12/05 | Bertrand Pecquerie

[Brian Mosely]

“raising questions about the Bush administration policy in Iraq...”?????

I don't even know where to begin...

[Enterprise]

Bertrand Pecquerie at your service:

[bahblahbah]

Of course Senator McCarthy was actually right.

[doug from upland]

Perhaps Eason should have immediately released a transcript.

[MisterRepublican]

Senator McCarthy was right.

[BenLurkin]

"the defense of the US army honor seemed more important to some bloggers than the defense of reporters' work"

In the case of that creep -- yes.

[Brian Mosely]

By the way, Bertrand Pecquerie is Director of the World Editors Forum, which is the editors’ organization within the World Association of Newspapers.

Just lovely.

[Run Silent Run Deep]

Hey, all we ask for is proof of his claims.

Why would he say it if he didn't believe it was true?

If he believed it was true then what does he base that belief on?

Since he could not prove it he proves himself to be too reckless an idealogue to have anything to do with objective news reporting.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Hugh Hewitt played a huge role in making this story remain in the spotlight.

[evad]

I don't even know where to begin...

Yes..when the first words that come to mind are treasonous seditious scumbags, its hard to progress from that point.

[BenLurkin]

[Fresh Wind]

Another variety of Pecquerie.

[Poser]

So where's the transcript? Who has it? Why are they refusing to release it?

The guy said something that made Barney Frank flinch and he doesn't want us to know what it was. Then he resigns. This seems a pretty good indication that the bloggers have it exactly right.

If it had actually been anything that wasn't traitorous, it would have been released before now.

[ScottFromSpokane]

Journalists are desperately afraid that they will now be held accountable for the things they write and say.

This isn't the way it was supposed to be. Journalists are supposed to hold others accountable, not be held accountable themselves.

[Enterprise]

"Within the honest community of bloggers, some of them claimed to be the "sons of the First Amendment", they just were the sons of Senator McCarthy."

You have a very good point. Don't debate, don't counter with facts, just call people names.

[auboy]

Bertrand Pecquerie's response is what I would expect from roaches (creeping in the dark) when uncovered in the spotlight of truth. Run for cover.

[RtWngr]

"quickly walked that back to make it clear that there was no policy on the part of the U.S. government to target or injure journalists,"

Notice how he didn't "walk it back" to say journalists were not targeted by the military - only that there was no government policy to target journalists.

No matter how much you polish it, a turd is still a turd.

[xJones]

Bertrand Pecquerie neglects to mention that even Barny Franks was questioning Jordan at that Davos session about his over-the-wall comments regarding the U.S. military.

And why is it the Jordan's Davos comments hasn't/won't be released? A man falsely accused would be the first to demand that the tape be released. The tape must be really bad, so bad that it can't be publicly released, and the MSM trying to circle their broken wagons is an interesting spectacle.

[Cold Heat]

What kinda name is Peckeri?

I take issue with this name.

He should be fired.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

An earnest Bertrand Pecquerie [center], expounding on his views in a one-on-one setting.