Monday, February 07, 2005
Sign you should be paying attention to something...
Right-wing bloggers praising Barney Frank. How in the blue hell did that happen?
Basically, Eason Jordan of CNN said something in Davos about the US military "targeting" journalists in Iraq. How it sounded was basically "The U.S. is taking out journalists reporting on Iraq, deliberately." (Presumably to stop them from telling the truth about how John Kerry was right, right, right!!! Or something like that.) When confronted, by Cong. Frank, and others, Jordan backpedaled off the claim that the U.S. was assassinating reporters, and claiming instead that reporters were being shot at due to perhaps looking like insurgents in the heat of battle. At least one attendee has claimed that of course that's what he was saying. Congressman Frank has since reaffirmed that to him, it sounded like Jordan was accusing the U.S. of murdering journalists, and he's not the only one who was there who thinks so.
Jordan has claimed he was misunderstood, but his critics have noted that 1.) it's consistent with stuff he's said before, and 2.) it's not like Jordan hasn't been willing to put reporting the truth on the back burner before. (By some accounts, Jordan's claim made him quite the celebrity in certain circles at Davos.)
A transcript or tape would be nice, but apparently the powers that be aren't terribly sure the meeting was on the record. Well, until it's all cleared up, we can watch Michelle Malkin and Barney Frank, and hum "Opposites Attract," wondering which one is MC Skat Kat.
Basically, Eason Jordan of CNN said something in Davos about the US military "targeting" journalists in Iraq. How it sounded was basically "The U.S. is taking out journalists reporting on Iraq, deliberately." (Presumably to stop them from telling the truth about how John Kerry was right, right, right!!! Or something like that.) When confronted, by Cong. Frank, and others, Jordan backpedaled off the claim that the U.S. was assassinating reporters, and claiming instead that reporters were being shot at due to perhaps looking like insurgents in the heat of battle. At least one attendee has claimed that of course that's what he was saying. Congressman Frank has since reaffirmed that to him, it sounded like Jordan was accusing the U.S. of murdering journalists, and he's not the only one who was there who thinks so.
Jordan has claimed he was misunderstood, but his critics have noted that 1.) it's consistent with stuff he's said before, and 2.) it's not like Jordan hasn't been willing to put reporting the truth on the back burner before. (By some accounts, Jordan's claim made him quite the celebrity in certain circles at Davos.)
A transcript or tape would be nice, but apparently the powers that be aren't terribly sure the meeting was on the record. Well, until it's all cleared up, we can watch Michelle Malkin and Barney Frank, and hum "Opposites Attract," wondering which one is MC Skat Kat.
