.....Little did I know that the "Chief News Executive" of CNN is apparently 13.
Smarting from the fact that the old world they knew where the MSM controlled both the news and the agenda is gone forever, CNN's "Chief News Executive" today released a statement to "clarify" his remarks about U.S. troops targeting journalists for death in Iraq. The statement reads as follows:
"To be clear, I do not believe the U.S. military is trying to kill journalists in Iraq. I said so during the forum panel discussion. But, nonetheless, the U.S. military has killed several journalists in Iraq in cases of mistaken identity. The reason the word "targeted" came up at all is because I was responding to a comment by Congressman Franks, who said he believed the 63 journalists killed in Iraq were the victims of "collateral damage." Since three of my CNN colleagues and many other journalists have been killed on purpose in Iraq, I disputed the "collateral damage" statement, saying, unfortunately, many journalists -- not all -- killed in Iraq were indeed targeted. When someone aims a gun at someone and pulls the trigger and then learns later the person fired at was actually a journalist, an apology is appropriate and is accepted, and I believe those apologies to be genuine. But such a killing is a tragic case of mistaken identity, not a case of "collateral damage." That is the distinction I was trying to make even if I did not make it clearly at the time. Further, I have worked closely with the U.S. military for months in an effort to achieve a mutual goal: keeping journalists in Iraq safe and alive." (Emphasis added).
Get it? When Eason said that U.S. troops had "targeted" journalists killed in Iraq what he meant was that they had been killed on purpose; that because "someone aims a gun at someone and pulls the trigger" they have been "targeted" for killing.
This ranks as one of the lamest uses for 13-year old semantic logic we've ever heard (and that includes everything we heard in Junior High).
We're sure everyone who read the statement realizes just how damn stupid it is, but just in case: in standard English, the use of the word "targeted" with regard to killings mean that certain persons were singled out for death. For example, the sentence "After the Nazi soldiers secured control of the Polish city, SS groups were sent out to kill Jews who had been targeted by the regime for death" means not that the SS killers aimed a gun at them and pulled the trigger; rather, it means that the killers were sent out to kill specific people as policy.
The Merriam-Webster definition of the term reads:
Main Entry: target
Function: transitive verb
1 : to make a target of; especially : to set as a goal
2 : to direct or use toward a target
When Eason Jordan said that U.S. troops had targeted journalists for death what he said was that U.S. troops had made "a target of, especially" journalists; that they had "set as a goal" the death of journalists as journalists. This is a hurtful and malicious slander for which the "Chief News Executive" has not a shred of proof.
To add to the stupidity of the statement, Jordan states that the deaths were accidental yet takes offense at the term "collateral damage," which (while we hate the term) if it means anything at all means the unavoidable, accidental death of non-targets during hostilities.
You simply cannot make this stuff up. For anyone with two functioning brain cells it is clear as day that CNN's "Chief News Executive" is not only a frothing-at-the-mouth anti-American moonbat he also is (pardon the expression) really, really stupid.
Good thing no one watches the damn channel anymore!"
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