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Published April 18. 2003
6:01AM
CNN uncovered
Eason Jordan, chief news executive at CNN, in an April 11 New
York TimesÊstory entitled, "The News We Kept to Ourselves," poured
out his soul in describing the cowardly and treasonous measures
taken by CNN in prostratingÊitself before the Iraqi leaders for the
past dozen years in order to keep CNN's Baghdad bureau open.
The news that CNN kept to itself
included atrocities such as torture and murder committed against its
staff and/or its Iraqi employees and sources.
It also had knowledge that Saddam Hussein's eldest
son, Uday, told Mr. Jordan early on personally that he intended to
assassinate two of his brothers-in-law who had defected and also the
man giving them asylum, King Hussein of Jordan.
It appears obvious that for the Hussein clan to
confide in the CNN chief, the knowledge of such critical and closely
heldÊinformation, they wouldÊsurely feel that CNN was firmly in
their "pocket." To gain this kind of confidence of these
tyrantsÊmakes one wonder just what else is being "Kept to
Ourselves."
The whole
"confession" reeks of "CYA" (Cover Your Assets). Is "The News We
Kept to Ourselves" a precursor to information feared may possibly
come to light as records of this amiable association is
uncovered?
One might ask, "what
should the chief news executive at CNN have done?" How about,
"having chosen virtue over 12 years of cowardly vacillation?"
Armond "Si" Simmons
Pell City
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