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Is Rupert Murdoch sheltering his own Eason Jordan? Gerard JacksonBrookesNews.ComMonday 14 February 2005 For those of who have been out of the loop, Eason Jordon was a top executive at CNN who accused the American military of targeting journalists. For this vicious slander he was forced to resign, but only because the blogs had mercilessly exposed him on a daily basis. But Jordan is not alone in his anti-American bigotry. Peter Wilson, foreign correspondent for Murdoch’s Australian, has also accused the American military of targeting journalists (Murdoch’s Australian, Shooting the messenger, 10 May 2004). Wilson sets the mood by...

The Australian's journalist Peter Wilson and photographer John Feder have been arrested by Iraqi police in Basra. Editor of The Australian newspaper, Michael Stutchbury, said fears were raised last night when Mr Wilson and Mr Feder, currently covering developments in Iraq, had not contacted Australian bureaus. Mr Stutchbury, who was called by the pair this morning, said they were "safe and sound" and awaiting a decision by Iraqi officials as to whether they would be expelled or allowed to stay in the country. Mr Wilson and Mr Feder had been travelling through Iraq in a 4WD as non-embedded journalists...