Let's be clear: Eason Jordan peddled a false accusation that slandered the US military with no proof, and apparently no belief in the accuracy of the allegation. Yet he stated the claim that US forces had deliberately targeted journalists in Iraq as fact. If the (as yet unreleased) video of Eason's remarks substantiates the story as relayed in the blogosphere (see here for our earlier coverage), then Jordan should be fired.
The Captain is all over this: see here for the full extent of the mainstream media's silence on Jordan's idiocy.
LaShawn Barber has an extensive backgrounder on the status of the controversy and how it has taken boat-rockers like Captain Ed and Hugh Hewitt to get the story some exposure, including Hewitt's raising the Jordan comments on Chris Matthews' weekend TV show.
Jordan is disgusting: he is being protected by the silence of the media, his own weak and false denials (he said he didn't convey that he believed the facts in his own statement and that it was a response to a comment by Rep. Barney Frank, neither claim is substantiated by the reports of the conference where Jordan made the accusation in question), and by left-wing bloggers who claim that the number of journalists who've died in Iraq proves his remark (see Barber's post referenced above) -- it doesn't because Jordan said the US TARGETED those journos.
UPDATE II: Michelle Malkin interviewed Barney Frank and his recollection supports the reports that quote Jordan saying that the US TARGETED the journos:
After the panel was over and he returned to the U.S., Rep. Frank said he called Jordan and expressed willingness to pursue specific cases if there was any credible evidence that any American troops targeted journalists. "Give me specifics," Rep. Frank said he told Jordan.
Rep. Frank has not yet heard back yet from Jordan.
Meanwhile, to show just what the anti-military MSM feels is newsworthy, see this editorial by Ralph Peters.
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