I'm so sorry....Eason Jordan?
and for that matter...CNN?
I just don't know what you all are referring to....lol
A weasel to the last.
The accounts were only conflicting because he and his minions had been spending enormous amounts of effort to muddy the waters, threatening anyone who told the truth, refusing to allow transcripts to be released, etc.
He made outrageous charges without any evidence whatsoever. He is a fool. End of discussion on that point.
regarding the alarming number of journalists killed in Iraq
there have not been an exceptional number of journalists killed in this conflict compared to any other where Journalists have been allowed to roam freely, totally controlling their own travel. It's a war zone. What part of that doesn't he understand?
What has been alarming is how many "journalists" just happened to show up at exactly the right time to record terrorist attacks on coalition forces. Perhaps we should have a tiny little bit of coverage of CNN and AFP cooperating with terrorists to set up attacks on coalition forces, hmmmmmmm?
If true, good riddance to one less piece of anti-American trash...
Wow! Thanks for the ping, Howlin. Well, what was it that made him quit? Maybe the certain knowledge of a damning videotape, or was he inspired by NCPAC's example of taking one for the team? New Media rules!!!
Another one bites the dust!
Will effort some "rumblings" from CNN newsies
Hooaahh
People like Eason Jordan are shameless. He never would have resigned unless he was pushed. The money guys probably looked at their bottom line, looked at what happened to CBS when they stonewalled on Rather, and decided it was time to throw him off the back of the sleigh.
As for Gannon and NCPAC, I don't think those games are over yet. Neither of them did anything wrong. The media lied their heads off about both of them. I think they will both be back in due course, and the MSM will get yet another black eye or two.
Don't become too happy yet. He likely has a job somewhere else like ABC, CBS or NBC. Wait and watch.
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The main stream media doesn't realize yet that conservatives don't use the 'information superhighway', the MSM is on a one way trip down the Highway to Hell. They may be able to take down a blogger or two, but we're here, and there are thousands and thousands of us to replace the one or two that caught in the crosshairs. They better reform fast, or they won't have their cushy careers in 5-10 years from now. We're watching and responding to every word they say.
BTTT
Maybe he just wanted to be available to work with Dan Rather on 60 Minutes II?
Conflicting accounts? Hey Eason, there's a tape. Why don't you demand it be released to "unconflict" the issue?
Or are you as cowardly as John Kerry when it comes to Form 180????
Libearls are all of the same stipe - a yellow one.
Wow, on a Friday evening? Who could have predicted that? /sarcasm
Who would ever have believed even a few years ago that the internet could bring down a flaming Democrat like Rather, and a long-time top executive of CNN (Clinton National News)?
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" "Mr. Jordan emphatically does not believe that the U.S. military intended to kill journalists and believes these accidents to be cases of 'mistaken identity,"' a CNN statement said.
A CNN spokesman added, "Unfortunately, he was not clear enough in explaining his assertion."
The network said that Jordan, an advocate for protections for journalists overseas, had responded to a comment that the 63 journalists killed in Iraq were collateral damage. CNN said that most of the journalists were killed by anti-U.S. forces but that the Pentagon has acknowledged killing some journalists accidentally.
But one witness at Davos, Florida businessman Rony Abovitz, said he was shocked by Jordan's initial claim and asked him to prove it.
"I was quite surprised, especially by his passion for what he was saying," said Abovitz, who wrote an entry detailing Jordan's comments on a blog from the World Economic Forum that was later picked up by others. "I thought that this was a huge story, very damning to the U.S. if true."
Abovitz said that others in the room, including Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., joined in the debate, which became heated before being broken off. But Abovitz, who co-founded a medical technology company in Hollywood, Fla., said that he felt impelled to blog it after realizing that others weren't going to report on it.
Abovitz, who has been deluged by requests for interviews, said both the right and the left have used this as a way of moving forward their agendas. He said that wasn't his intention.
"My real interest is in this concept of transparency, accountability and objective fairness in media," Abovitz said. "These were values discussed at the WEF, and right in front of my eyes they were being put to a serious test."
