I blogged about this when it first happened, but it is one of those stories that simply gets under the skin of people like me—people on the right who are ever conscious of the liberal media and its sometimes not-so-blatantly pro-liberal ways. (Hat tip: John Spence – CBCWatch.ca)
Here’s a good synopsis from someone who was there, and unwittingly leaked what I personally think is or could be the mantra of Canadian media—even more so than American media: “Defamatory innuendo—rather than outright allegation—is the vehicle of mainstream media bias.”
Did Eason Jordan, chief news executive of CNN, actually say the American military has deliberately killed journalists covering the conflict in Iraq?
It’s a serious question, at least to judge by the heat it’s generated. Google “Easongate” and you get 2,500 results. There is an Easongate.com Web site, on which more than 1,000 petitioners demand that Mr. Jordan release a transcript of his remarks—made recently in Davos—by Feb. 15 or, in the manner of Saddam Hussein, face serious consequences. Sean Hannity and the usual Internet suspects have all weighed in. So has Michelle Malkin, who sits suspended somewhere between meltdown and release.
There’s a reason the hounds are baying. Already they have feasted on the juicy entrails of Dan Rather. Mr. Jordan, whose previous offenses (other than the general tenor of CNN coverage) include a New York Times op-ed explaining why access is a more important news value than truth, was bound to be their next target. And if Mr. Jordan has now made a defamatory and unsubstantiated allegation against U.S. forces, well then . . . open the gates.
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