The New McCarthyism by Jack Lessenberry

[BrklynLiberal]

Many years ago, Charles Eisendrath, who runs the Knight-Wallace fellowship program at the University of Michigan, told me he had just met a brilliant young man who was reinventing international news coverage.
His name was Eason Jordan, and at that time he was in charge of international news at CNN, which, as you may remember, beat the dung out of the traditional networks with its coverage of the 1991 Gulf War. Jordan then was barely 30; after that his rise was steady, and as of a week ago he was the network’s executive vice-president and chief executive for news.

Then, last week, in a stunning act of complete moral cowardice on the part of the network, he resigned. Why? Because at a panel discussion last month at something called the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, he allegedly said — apparently nobody can prove this — that he believed some journalists who had been killed in the Iraq quagmire had been “targeted” by coalition forces.

That raised eyebrows, and he quickly backed off the remarks, saying he had misspoken. “I never meant to imply U.S. forces acted with ill intent when U.S. forces accidentally killed journalists, and I apologize to anyone who thought I said or believed otherwise,” he told staffers at CNN.

That ought to have ended any controversy, which should have been seen as a tempest in a paper cup on a slow news day. But the real terrorists that this nation should fear then went to work: the right-wing ideologues in our media and government, who are far more dangerous to our country than al Qaeda could ever be, and, yes, you can quote me.
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[ixion]

1. no matter how cynical you get, you can't keep up...

ain't that the truth. :eyes:

It's amazing to me that more people are outraged at this blatant hypocrisy, and then have the gaul to turn around and proclaim themselves 'moral'. :grr:

[Eloriel]

2. That's a quote from Lily Tomlin

"No matter how cycnial I get, I can't keep up."

In case you're interested. :D

[ixion]

4. heh heh... that's why I said that...

I should have made a reference to the quote... ;-)

[90-percent]

3. killing journalists

uhhh, didn't the USA military deliberately fire on a hotel that the occupants pre-told the military were full of journalists? Haven't there been well over 40 dead journalists killed in Iraq over the last 2 years?

Wasn't it kind of an open secret over there that journalists were fair game?

Why does nobody care about this, in addition to the many Iraq non-combat citizens that have died from the War?

If the guy was talking the truth why should he loose his job?

-85%

[Blower]

5. What about Paul Wellstone? n/t

[SpaceBuddy008]

6. RIGHT! Uproar over what was SAID! to cloud over what was actualy DONE!!

exactly 90%

I distinctly remember the report of the tank turning toward the al-rashid hotel, firing and i think it was a german killed on one of the upper floors

the footage was shown

and in Afghanistan and Iraq al-jazeeras offices were bombed repeatedly and some cameraman was killed on the rooftop

what is thestrategy with these stories, a limited hang out

before the public investigators react to quickly along the subtle discussion guidlines of there framing

maybe we need to stand back a minute

get some context

and then blow their non-issues out of the water

with the heart of the matter, always the shining truth

there are no rules in war

are the people attacking jordan trying to pretend there are!!!

are they trying to get moral on petty bullshit

while on the huge issue of war and peace life and death they are guilty of immorality

ENOUGH ENOUGH
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