Wednesday, February 9: The most recent information will appear at the top of this post for easier viewing.
Here for the first time? To catch up, please see the Easongate category for the complete background on the developing Eason Jordan story.
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Update II (Wednesday, February 9) 8:02 p.m. — Yeah, yeah I said I was going to stay away from the computer, but I want to keep you informed. Columnist Morton Kondrake briefly discussed Easongate on FOX news. See this blog.
More updates from The Kerry Spot.
10:51 a.m. — From a reader:
[T]estimony by Danny Schechter, director of Weapons of Mass Deception, at the World Tribunal on Iraq (whatever that is). Near the end, he sites Eason Jordan’s statements at Davos and seems to be using those statements to support his statements that the military really does target journalists. I’m not sure who his audience is.
Investor’s Business Daily takes on Jordan.
Power Line’s Scott Johnson was on the O’Reilly Factor yesterday. Here’s the transcript. Be sure to check The Kerry Spot throughout the day.
Michelle Malkin has a new column up. Can you guess what it’s about? She also has updates on EJ. Captain’s Quarters also has lots of updates.
Vist Easongate.com for their take on Hugh Hewitt’s interview on Kudlow and Cramer and a link to a Hannity and Colmes video.
Truth Laid Bear has tracked blogs mentioning Eason Jordan.
Update (Tuesday, February 8 @ 9:23 p.m.): Transcript of Hugh Hewitt’s appearance on Kudlow and Cramer.
I will continue to update this post tomorrow. Unless something major happens, I don’t anticipate an EJR VII. But I’ll still keep you informed. Check this post throughout the day. Jim Geraghty writes about what I’m also feeling about the Eason Jordan story:
“I realize TKS has turned into all-Eason-Jordan, all-the-time for the past couple days. A few readers have said they don’t like it. A few people have said, ‘move on.’ (COUGHmrs.tksCOUGH) More than a few have said, ‘keep on it.’ … But it is a little maddening to hear ‘this has been covered too much’ when it hasn’t been covered at all by so many news sources.”
Scott Sala has a write-up on the Easongate discussion on Hannity and Colmes.
Conservative blogger Jeff Harrell has a different opinion about Eason Jordan: “I have so much respect for Mirengoff and his fellow Power Liners … but I have to disagree with him here. If Elvis really were alive and well and working the soft-serve machine at the Dairy Queen outside Waco, it would be a big story. But does that mean that every false assertion to that effect is news? It obviously does not.”
Reader Andi reports that Media Research Center’s Brent Bozell will be on Hannity and Colmes tonight to talk about you know who.
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Actually, this is NOT an exclusive, but I’m the first (?) to post it during Easongate. It was sent to others, who may not have excerpted it. The information below is what Jay Rosen was looking for (scroll down to After Matter on his blog) to determine whether Opinion Journal broke the story.
The Opinion Journal‘s Political Diary wrote about Eason Jordan’s antics on January 28, 2005. Here’s the relevant text:
Pandering, CNN-StyleDAVOS — Is the American military deliberately killing foreign
journalists — including Western journalists — covering Iraq?Yes, they are, says Eason Jordan, Chief News Executive of CNN News.
Or, rather, no, they’re not. Or, perhaps, maybe, sort of, in a sneaky
kind of way. Speaking at a panel session on democracy and the media at
the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Mr. Jordan startled
his audience and fellow panelists — including Massachusetts Rep.
Barney Frank and former presidential aide David Gergen — by implying
as much.First, he noted that of the 60-odd journalists killed in Iraq, 12 had
been targeted and killed by Coalition forces. Then he offered the
story of an Al-Jazeera journalist who had been “tortured for weeks” at
Abu Ghraib, made to eat his shoes, and called “Al Jazeera boy” by his
American captors.Mr. Frank, the liberal Democrat Congressman, asked Mr. Jordan to be
more specific: Had U.S. forces actually killed foreign journalists on
purpose? And had CNN done a story about it? Well, no, CNN hadn’t done
a story on that specifically. And, no, he didn’t himself believe the
U.S. government had a policy to target journalists. And besides, “the
[U.S.] generals and colonels have their heart in the right place.”So what remained of the allegation? “There are people who believe
there are people in the military who have it out” for journalists,
said Mr. Jordan. He then offered another anecdote: A reporter who’d
been standing in a long line to get through a checkpoint at Baghdad’s
Green Zone had been turned back by the GI on duty. Apparently the
soldier had been displeased with the reporter’s dispatches, and sent
him to the back of the line.It isn’t often that we feel grateful for Barney Frank. But had he not
spoken up, Mr. Jordan’s vague remarks might have been left to stand –
further proof, to the global elites assembled here, of the depths of
American perfidy.– Bret Stephens
(Big Hat tip: New York City blogger Scott Sala)
