They shoot journalists, don't they?
by Chris Paterson
AlterNet
02/16/05
CNN has a habit of devouring its own. Whenever the right-wing flak machine cranks up, CNN, like CBS last fall, dispenses with another top executive, producer, or correspondent, no matter how celebrated. The resignation last Friday of CNN's top news executive, Eason Jordan, should be seen in the context of CNN's previous abandonment of its top journalists, like April Oliver and Peter Arnett, and CBS' dismissal of top producer Mary Mapes; all of whom raised the ire of the right with the revelation of unflattering facts about the military. But the resignation is also being hailed as more evidence of the power of bloggers to fell their perceived enemies...
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21262/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
PENTAGON THREATENED EARLIER TO KILL REPORTERS IN IRAQ
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=76203;show_parent=1
AlterNet
02/16/05
CNN has a habit of devouring its own. Whenever the right-wing flak machine cranks up, CNN, like CBS last fall, dispenses with another top executive, producer, or correspondent, no matter how celebrated. The resignation last Friday of CNN's top news executive, Eason Jordan, should be seen in the context of CNN's previous abandonment of its top journalists, like April Oliver and Peter Arnett, and CBS' dismissal of top producer Mary Mapes; all of whom raised the ire of the right with the revelation of unflattering facts about the military. But the resignation is also being hailed as more evidence of the power of bloggers to fell their perceived enemies...
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21262/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
PENTAGON THREATENED EARLIER TO KILL REPORTERS IN IRAQ
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=76203;show_parent=1
Starmail - 16. Feb, 17:40
