"I can't understand why Eason Jordan would resign
over 'conflicting accounts' of his remarks at the WEF,
without first asking that the video of those remarks be
released to clear up those conflicts."
Eason Jordan Resigns from CNN
Jay Rosen at PressThink posts Eason Jordan Resigns
I am shocked and saddened at this announcement.
I can't understand why Eason Jordan would resign over "conflicting accounts" of his remarks at the WEF, without first asking that the video of those remarks be released to clear up those conflicts.
How does Eason Jordan's resignation over this controversy affect the relationship between the media and military? How does it increase trust between these two organizations?
What does this mean now for getting the video into the public domain? Does it make it easier? Harder?
Now I'm baffled.
UPDATE: Don't miss Jeff Jarvis' take.
UPDATE: CNN puts it online:
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The resignation sent shock waves through CNN -- with Jordan long admired by his peers, from executives to the rank-and-file. Jordan joined CNN as an assistant assignment editor in 1982 and rose through the ranks to become CNN's chief news executive.
CNN News Group President Jim Walton said that under Jordan's leadership, the news group "literally circled the globe with bureaus, from Baghdad to Johannesburg to Havana to Sydney to Hong Kong."
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From ABC:
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But the damage had been done, compounded by the fact that no transcript of his actual remarks has turned up. He was the target of an Internet and Web site campaign that was beginning to rival the one launched against CBS's Dan Rather following the network's ill-fated story last fall about President Bush's military service.
A Web site, Easongate.com, was created and distributed a petition this week calling on CNN to find a transcript and fire Jordan if he said the military had intentionally killed journalists.
The Web site had been preparing Friday to post information to help its supporters contact CNN's advertisers. A message posted on the site after Jordan's resignation said its authors were pleased with the outcome but still want a videotape of the economic forum released.
"To every reader, commentator, e-mailer and blogger that committed to this cause, thank you," a message on the Web site read. "This is a victory for every soldier who has honorably served this nation. To you we devote this victory."
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