It's a joke, right?

A reader observes that the previous post about CNN issuing an Eason Jordan "clarification" on Thursday was mostly notable in that the AP covered the story and that ABC carried the report. The AP story is on its 3rd version now and a few of their customers are carrying it. Most humorous though is al-Reuters' parallel story - CNN Executive in Hot Seat Over Iraq Claim:

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CNN on Thursday sought to quell the media frenzy enveloping a top executive who suggested that U.S. troops were deliberately firing on journalists in Iraq.

Have you noticed a media frenzy? Me neither.

CNN wouldn't make Jordan available for comment Thursday. Jordan is a 22-year veteran of CNN, an Emmy and Peabody winner and oversaw the coverage of many of CNN's biggest stories of the past 16 years including both Iraq wars, the Sept. 11 attacks and the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

He also has been saying this stuff for years and was in charge of sugarcoating Saddam so CNN could remain in Iraq. I guess as ole Eason said at an earlier Davos conference:

he finds objectivity and impartiality to be outdated, tired terms.

Gosh, it must be tough being so jaded. Maybe Eason needs a long rest?

Eason Jordan should be fired.

It's time for him to go.

Hit the road, wingnut.