EASONGATE
There’s a new site on the ’sphere…the Easongate blog. The mission:
The Easongate blog has been created in light of Eason Jordan’s recent statements at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he accused American servicemen of intentionally targeting and killing journalists in Iraq. These are serious charges that should not have been made without supporting evidence, which he did not provide. American servicemen and women are risking their lives daily and it is wholly inappropriate for a man of his stature and influence to make baseless claims in front of an international audience. As an experienced journalist, he fully understands the impact of his words and the effects on his audience. Mr. Jordan has a past history of making such statements.
The purpose of this blog is as follows:
· Act as a clearinghouse for information related to Mr. Jordan’s recent and past statement concerning the United States military.
· Provide analysis and commentary on the developing situation.
· Advocate CNN to take real and meaningful disciplinary action against Mr. Jordan.
· Create a petition expressing the public’s displeasure with Mr. Jordan’s statements.
· Gather information on CNN’s advertisers and make this information available to the public.Our hope is that CNN will launch an investigation into Mr. Jordan’s past and recent history, and take appropriate action. The staff of Easongate is not confident CNN will address this situation without external pressure, however, so we hope to provide the means for the public to place pressure on CNN to act.
Signed,
Blackfive from Blackfive
Brian Scott from The Blue State Conservatives
Chester from The Adventures of Chester
Bill Roggio from The Fourth RailUPDATE: [Sun, 6 Feb, 3:40pm] We will follow the truth wherever it leads. In the event that Mr. Jordan possesses evidence of his claims against the military, we will forward that information on to our respective congressional leaders
And of course, they have MUST-READ * links to others covering the story.
I’ve been reading a lot about this slimy bastard, but I’ve shamefully not written anything here until now. Where is the “mainstream” (yeah right) media on this? STILL curiously silent, with shockingly few exceptions. Since Jordan is a top CNN news executive, I’m not holding my breath, either. It’s not hard to see where (at least some of, if not all) the excessively negative slant on Iraq comes from on CNN, with a guy like this in charge.
It’s my hope that with enough people talking and writing about this scandal–and yes, it’s a scandal, especially considering his position in the media–he’ll be called to the carpet for his reckless and propagandist lies.
[H/T to Blackfive]
[* These from American Digest, LaShawn Barber, Wizbang, and Captain's Quarters. Go read them for now.]
Eric says:
Typical chick…blogging during the Super Bowl…
Beth says:
Uhhh, what’s that say about you? I see you HERE, reading blogs during the Super Bowl. hahahahahaha
Gregory says:
This is definitely an uphill battle, but enough bloggers working together can bring out the truth, whether the MSM wants it done or not.
Writings From The Right says:
Lunatic Lefties
Forumblog.org has a revealing article on the insane claim of one Eason Jordan of CNN.
stephen says:
a quick search of technorati (see link below) shows number of blogs covering it…a couple of days ago the results were just over 100, now it is over 800…
http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&url=eason+jordan
Larry Jackson says:
When will you Bush sucking idiots give up!!! War mongers and killers is all that bush and the rest of you idiots are! God forbid that anyone say anything against the war or anyone to do with it!!!
Get over your damn selves and get a life you right wing abominations!
Beth says:
Get over your damn selves and get a life
Looks to me like the one who needs to “get a life” is the dipshi’ite who trolls around opposing blogs taking a dump on the carpet. Moron.
I think YOU need to get over yourself. Maybe when you remember to take your meds you’ll feel a little more mentally balanced.