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

    02/13/2005 9:21:49 AM PST · by Brian Mosely · 96 replies · 2,151+ views
    Editor's Weblog ^ | 2/12/05 | Bertrand Pecquerie
    Sad conclusion in the Eason Jordan affair (see below the New York Times article), sad day for the freedom of expression in America and sad day again for the future of blogging: the defense of the US army honor seemed more important to some bloggers than the defense of reporters' work (and sometimes life)! Nevertheless, there is one advantage in this story: masks are fallen! 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. And this is very worrying to see this new...