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The entire Eason Jordan/CNN issue was not mentioned once on this week's show.
Would that this were an outbreak of honesty, however belated. But it isn't. If it were, Mr. Jordan wouldn't be portraying CNN as Saddam's victim. He'd be apologizing (or out of a job!) for its cooperation with Iraq's erstwhile information ministry--and admitting that CNN policy hinders truthful coverage of dictatorships. For CNN, the highest prize is "access," to score live camera feeds from a story's epicenter. Dictatorships understand this hunger, and also that it provides blackmail opportunities. In exchange for CNN bureaus, dictatorships require adherence to their own rules of reportage. They create conditions where CNN--and other U.S. media--can do little more than toe the regime's line.
CNN apparently cannot (or will not) try to understand the difference between news & propaganda.
CNN's lack of embarrasment (as evidenced by no one losing their job over this) speaks volumes!
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There are the minnows who choose to swim with the school and do everything the rest of the school does. (If you've ever watched underwater video of this, you have seen that they they imitate each other's every move and the mass of individuals moves as one).
On the other hand there are a few that dare to see things for themselves instead of adopting a "group opinion". They are like the billfish (marlin, etc.) that tend to be loners, but ready and willing to deal with anything that comes their way.
Many of us forget that they are like any other working group...they tend to hang out together after work and this is where the "Lemming Effect" comes into play. You are only a popular person, in this setting, if you echo the liberal mantra that gets you "in" with the rest of the gang. Unless you are willing to join the lock-step march of the lemmings, you're persona non grata. (I have been there).
Now for the good part of the lemming comparison. We all know where it takes them! I wonder how long Daschle can tread water?
That begs the question: Which other organizations did? AP? Reuters? CBS? NBC? MSNBC?
Fox News?
