February 02, 2005

DID THE U.S. MILITARY intentionally murder 12 journalists in Iraq? Top CNN executive Eason Jordan asserts they did and the American press stonewalls the story. Even CNN won't cover this huge story. What we have here is the media's equivalent of the blue code of silence. But the silence has been broken. More here and here from Captain Ed who's all over the story.

The press is already burying this story.

UPDATE: Here's a Google News search for "Eason Jordan".

UPDATE II: Brainster finds 11 journalists accidentally or incidentally killed by U.S. fire in Iraq -- according to information found on the web site of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

UPDATE III: Eason Jordan replies here, and DAVOS blogger Rony Abovitz has a new posting in which he confirms that Jordan's remarks were videotaped. We'll know exactly what Jordan said when the transcript for that video becomes public. Posted by Greg Ransom