It Came from the Blogosphere
LGF
For two weeks, mainstream media did their best to ignore the Eason Jordan story out of existence. The few articles that did appear sought to minimize Jordan’s statements, and cast aspersions on the blogs that were advancing the story.
Then, suddenly, Eason Jordan resigned.
People who still get their news exclusively from legacy media (and don’t kid yourself, there are plenty of them) must have been surprised at this report of a top CNN executive forced to leave his job, because of a scandal they had never heard of. Where did this come from?
It came from the blogosphere, and it was kicked off by a courageous report from Rony Abovitz, who pulled back the curtain on the media culture of anti-Americanism.
But the story isn’t over. Why the sudden turnaround, from stonewalling and obfuscation to an apology and resignation? The only logical explanation is that the video of the Davos discussion is so damning that Jordan (and more importantly, CNN) had no other way out; in this age, CNN had to be aware that the video will eventually surface somewhere, whether officially released or not.
If Eason Jordan’s statements were exaggerated and blown out of proportion by an internet lynch mob (and this is the very predictable spin already starting to appear in MSM) prove it.
Release the video, and let people judge for themselves whether Jordan’s resignation was warranted.
Or don’t release the video, and people will assume the worst—that Jordan’s remarks were indicative of a culture of bias so pervasive and all-encompassing that its only recourse, when exposed, is to bury the evidence and attack the messengers of the blogosphere.
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