Monday, February 14, 2005

it came from Vodkapundit

Columbia Journalism Review's Steve Lovelady made another choice comment and reading the work on Vodkapundit's page I was reminded of something


2 --In the 2003 New York Times op-ed piece written by Jordan in 2003, he did not " admit that CNN had decided not to broadcast stories unflattering to the Iraqi government during the time Iraq was ruled by Saddam Hussein."

He did admit that he had withheld individual stories on specific atrocities precisely for fear that airing them would be the equivalent of a death sentence for his people in Saddam's Iraq. And he expressed relief that finally these stories could and would come out.


Ok... He was saying he was afraid Hussein would target his workers, two things that i found problematic with these coments

#1) As many Journalists At the time rightly attacked Jordan for, He didn't have to be In Iraq. CNN had a near exclusive deal with the Thugacrocy of Saddam. CNN on his watch made the choice to be there, that other news organizations were not doing

and

#2) He also fails to mention that Saddam Brutally tortured CNN employees anyway. This was something Eason Jordan had to know as well. To me the fact my soft shoe for Saddam was failing would have had me yank my organization outside the area. He didn't

you should read the rest of this post and watch lovelady get owned

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