To: Pokey78
My reply to CNN:
I have just finished reading the article by Eason Jordan in the New York Times.
Never before have I felt more revulsion for the moral character of any news organization. To continue to work in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, when you knew the truth about the regime's torture and murder is absolutely unconsionable.
CNN and Mr. Jordan are complicit in the murder of the two defectors, who could have been saved if anyone at the network had acted on the information they had.
CNN had information that would have changed the public's perception of the regime in Iraq, but failed to act. Would CNN have reported the existence of Auschwitz if reporting on it threatened the ability of the network to stay in Nazi Germany?
Mr. Jordan's actions may have saved the lives of those he knew, but how many thousands of innocent Iraqis died as he and CNN aided the regime and prolonged the terror?
As a photojournalist I have always felt that my duty as a human being comes before my duty to report a story. That attitude may have kept me in a small town weekly, but my conscience in clear. CNN has made the decision to place continued access and favor over duty to help one's fellow man.
To: MediaMole
Would CNN have reported the existence of Auschwitz if reporting on it threatened the ability of the network to stay in Nazi Germany? The sad thing is .. No CNN would not have reported the truth
CNN MAKES ME SICK!!!
182 posted on
04/10/2003 10:37:27 PM PDT by
Mo1
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