[Go Gordon]

CNN probably should have left Baghdad in principle, but they could not have reported this story anyway, for fear of retribution against the camera man and his family.

What a load of self-serving crapola. CNN's silence to protect one man and his family (if true) - was it worth the ten's of thousands that were brutally raped, tortured and murdered for over a decade?

What about reporters like Daniel Pearl? He lost his life trying to get the truth and report it. And you're willing to give CNN a pass? I'm speechless. There is no defending what they did.

[The Old Hoosier]

What a load of self-serving crapola. CNN's silence to protect one man and his family (if true) - was it worth the ten's of thousands that were brutally raped, tortured and murdered for over a decade?

Your post makes no sense. Everyone already knew Saddam raped, tortured and killed. The only consequence of reporting that story would have been that that cameraman and his family would now be dead.