Chicago Tribune | CNN exec quits after comments on killings

CNN's top news executive resigned Friday following weeks of scrutiny over comments he made that have been interpreted as an accusation that the U.S. military deliberately targeted journalists in Iraq.

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At Davos, Jordan said he knew of at least 12 journalists who had been killed deliberately by U.S. troops in Iraq, according to accounts by observers published in The Wall Street Journal and a Web log devoted to the World Economic Forum. (The session was taped, but no transcript has been released.) Though Jordan quickly backpedaled from the accusation in the face of challenges from others present, including Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), his comments were almost immediately seized on by critics of CNN.


Jordan was only repeating a "fact" that many folks are already aware of. However, in the fantasy-based political world of the United States of America, facts are not important, only ideology. Another lesson by an American newsman and journalist. Others will be sure that they don't make the same mistake.