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2005-02-01 Iraq-Jordan

CNN Big Eason Jordan Alleges US Troops Target Reporters

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Posted by Frank G 2005-02-01 7:05:13 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Jesus, these bastards know no limits whatsoever, do they?

Posted by Dave D. 2005-02-01 7:15:13 PM|| 2005-02-01 7:15:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 this might also be the only time in my life you see me note "good job Barney Frank"

he deserves it this time

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-01 7:20:12 PM|| 2005-02-01 7:20:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The question is: Was what Jordan said a mistake or a deliberate lie? I think the later. People at his level dont make that sort of mistake - and if they do they should be fired on-the-spot.

Like Dan Rather and memogate he thought everyone would simply swallow his bullshait hook line and sinker like they have been doing for decades.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-02-01 7:24:53 PM|| 2005-02-01 7:24:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 What a tool, I hope he IS assigned to Iraq and has to deal with the military.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2005-02-01 7:28:46 PM|| 2005-02-01 7:28:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Better yet, someone put together a photo of Ken and GI Joe as 'proof!'

Posted by badanov 2005-02-01 7:45:46 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org/title-boris.gif] 2005-02-01 7:45:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 You'd think at some point the suits at Time-Warner would see the wisdom of putting a bona-fide news professional in charge of the news organization. Having a moonbat in charge isn't good for business.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2005-02-01 7:56:39 PM|| 2005-02-01 7:56:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Fox News should show the video of this every hour. It's well past time to educate the public about the ideological taint of Eason, Mapes and the kindred pack that control most of the news operations in this country and around the world.

Posted by ed 2005-02-01 8:06:08 PM|| 2005-02-01 8:06:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "...and called Al Jazeera boy" by his American captors."

Oh, the humanity!

However will the reporter be able to function????

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-02-01 8:11:00 PM|| 2005-02-01 8:11:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Senator Chris Dodd was there and apparently did not say a thing; it was all Gergen and Frank. Follow the links to the end and read the whole thing. You'll be even madder.

Frank is right; I'm gobsmacked to give my dispised former Congresscritter Barney Frank a big Attaboy.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-02-01 8:34:55 PM|| 2005-02-01 8:34:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Good job, Barney Frank

Barney Frank as a stand-up guy, John Kerry running guns to the Khmer Rouge and G.I. Joe at the mercy of the jihadis; talk about your Bizarro World!

This is beyond parody and it's only Tuesday. If we keep going like this, ScrappleFace will be out of business by the end of the week.

Posted by SteveS 2005-02-01 9:08:42 PM|| 2005-02-01 9:08:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 well, the State of the Union is tomorrow. Someone will have to operate the Pelosi-doll.......maybe Senor Wences?

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-01 9:10:47 PM|| 2005-02-01 9:10:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Perhaps CNN reporters ought to be the targets of some Civilians doing things that are quit legal but limit CNNs ability to report. It's hard to get stories when you can't access them.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-01 9:18:25 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-01 9:18:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 SteveS / Frank G - LOL!

Posted by .com 2005-02-01 9:19:46 PM|| 2005-02-01 9:19:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 remember: Eason is the one who said they had to sit on info bad for Saddam (like killings, torture, et al) to maintain "access"

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-01 9:21:31 PM|| 2005-02-01 9:21:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 fragging journalists huh? Not out of the realm of possibility but not very plausible. I'm sure there's a few asshole reporters out there the lads would love to fuck with, but enough to go sanction them? Quite a stretch, even by hollywood standards. Sounds like Jordan has problems w/puffery, integrity, & stupidity.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-02-01 9:51:41 PM|| 2005-02-01 9:51:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 I think this story, which appears to be confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, deserves a firestorm from Americans. Email, write, fax the network -- and their corporate parent. Let advertisers know how angry you are. DEMAND proof or a PUBLIC RETRACTION BROADCAST THROUGHOUT THE ARAB WORLD.

We laugh and shake our heads at this, thinking others will realize it's stupid. But words have power and these words are beyond irresponsible. It's time to put an end to this sort of shit on the part of senior news executives.

Posted by true nuff 2005-02-01 9:52:19 PM|| 2005-02-01 9:52:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if this were true, in a manner of speaking. Back in August, I put up a post about this picture. Caption (not included with photo -- you'll thank me for not pointing you to the slow-loading Chinese[?] site where I found this) reads "An Iraqi Shi'ite militiaman takes aim at a U.S. Apache helicopter flying above a cemetery in the Holy city of Najaf."

The point of the post was that there were two nearly identical photos, from two different photographers, one from Reuters, one from AP. Since the photogs were so cozy with the jihadis while they're taking aim at Americans, it wouldn't be too surprising if they were "targeted" (along with their jihadi pals).

Posted by Angie Schultz 2005-02-01 10:44:38 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2005-02-01 10:44:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 The alledgedly Al Jazeera reporter alledgedly got off easy. Some of those guys are willing accomplices, as they show up at the right time, many the time. They are enemy combatants, AFAIC.

The soldier alledgedly sending the reporter to the end of the line in the green zone sounds fair to me, though I am sure that the Humiliationâ¢ will require the reporter to go through some kind of therapy.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-02-01 10:49:43 PM|| 2005-02-01 10:49:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Unfortunately, it is not true that the military targeted the liberal left MSM. In my opinion, they aid and abet the terrorists with their bullshit reporting (e.g. Dan Rather and others of his ilk).

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-02-01 11:00:00 PM|| 2005-02-01 11:00:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 The MSM meltdown is accelerating. Who would have thought that the next 2 big hits would come from Barney Frank and GI-Joe?

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-02-01 11:32:52 PM|| 2005-02-01 11:32:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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