Two big stories

Hugh Hewitt of The Weekly Standard writes about two big stories that haven't quite made it big in the main stream media. I wonder why?

The first is the genuinely scandalous assertion by CNN's Eason Jordan, made at the World Economic Forum, that the United States military has targeted and killed a dozen journalists. The account of Jordan's remarks -including his backpedaling and the crowd's reactions--is available at ForumBlog. Thus far no major media outlet has demanded an accounting of Jordan, but the idea that a major figure from American media traffics in such outlandish and outrageous slanders on the American military deserves attention and criticism, not indifference. It is no wonder that anti-American propaganda gains traction in the world when American news executives set fantasies such as this one in motion. If Jordan had no grounds for peddling this grassy-knoll garbage, he should be fired. If he did have even the flimsiest of grounds, he ought to share his evidence and let the public decide whether his judgment is as flawed as it was when he covered for Saddam all those years. THE SECOND SUBJECT for mulling is John Kerry's extraordinary interview with Tim Russert last Sunday. There's a lot to absorb here, including Kerry's assertion that he did indeed run guns and CIA men into Cambodia on secret missions--and to aid the Khmer Rouge no less!

The first subject I beleive is the worst of the two. John Kerry spouting nonsense is nothing new. A reporter bringing his own political beliefs into the news is nothing new. But when it goes so far as to accuse our own soldiers of targeting and killing journalist, it has gone to far. The fact that there has been no major news on this subject lends me to believe this claim is totally false. If there had been any truth to it, the media would be reporting on 24/7. Is this the kind of reporters that are writing for the majority of the media. Reporters that will press forward any story regardless of its merit. Remember, CNN is considered middle of the road.