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Howlin, I am not sure what to write in response to this..

That's exactly what I am feeling. It's like a whole lot of things need to fall into place before I can formulate what I think.

But I KNOW I am very, very upset about this.

I know exactly what you mean! He knew about a murder PRIOR to it happening. (actually 2 murders) He's admitting it to cleanse his soul. Would this hold up in a court of law? Hmmm?

This is the biggest media story of this war. Period. CNN let people suffer in anonymity for the prestige of a bureau in Baghdad. They could not report facts, because those would get them tortured, like their camera man, or expelled.

Basically, all they could really do in Baghdad is report on what Saddam was saying. They gave up every bit of integrity they had (if they had any to begin with) in order to get their bureau there.

CNN is guilty of the worst crime imaginable by a news bureau.

Please folks, do not let this story just fade to the back pages. Anybody who knows any local or national talk show host, fax them this story. CNN has a very great deal to explain. I want to know every single damned story that they had of the depravity in Baghdad that they buried.

This list I guarantee you is less than 1% of what they knew. This mea culpa is a day late, a dollar short, and not acceptable.

The word "Outrage" is tossed around too frequently in our political climate. In this case, it absolutely fits the bill.

There need to be resignations, public apologies. 2 hour specials run constantly, updating people on CNN's behaviour, and what they plan to do to correct it. A weasle like apology in the NY Times after over a decade of letting people suffer in silence just does not cut it.