Its interesting that we think alike :)…

Well, the kittens are trying to move around.  The little red and the calico are the ones who ‘swim’ ……

 
President Bush is still the boss (okay Barney is).  Just a little FYI for Her Royal Majesty Nancy I…….

Eason Jordan recently wrote an article about this scandal after a few exchanges with Kathleen Carroll, the Associated Press’ executive editor. Here are excerpts:…

Paging Kathleen Carroll My blogging has been lighter than usual the past few weeks due to family time, Fox News duties, holiday chaos, holiday illness–and, yes, planning for a trip to Iraq. As you know, ex-CNN newsman Eason Jordan……

Due to all the controversy surrounding Iraqi police captain, Jamil Hussein, with so many people questioning whether he really exists or not, I was kind of having doubts about him myself. But something unbelievable happened today which changed my mind…..

The AP continues to stonewall on presenting any evidence corroborating the 60+ stories that featured Jamil Hussein as a witness….

Who is Jamil Hussein? Nobody knows yet, and the AP has yet to produce him.
Former CNN head Eason Jordan, who knows a few things about journalistic scandals and the cover-up thereof, has words for the AP today:

Therefore, in the absence of clear……

Even Eason Jordan can’t find him. If an Iraqi police captain by the name of Jamil Hussein exists, there is no convincing evidence of it – and that means the Associated Press has a journalistic scandal on its hands that……

Bend Over, Here It Comes Again!

HE DOESN’T EXIST!

I recalled this story from way back

Seven Spanish agents killed in Iraq
( 2003-11-30 09:15) (Agencies)

Assailants ambushed a team of Spanish intelligence officers Saturday, killing seven agents in a bloody new attack on U.S. allies in Iraq. Two Japanese diplomats were shot to death in a separate attack.

One Spanish agent escaped the assault in Mahmudiyah, 18 miles south of Baghdad. Journalists arrived on the scene and said a small crowd chanted praise for ousted president Saddam Hussein and some even kicked at the bodies…

…In Baghdad, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the U.S. commander in Iraq, said some U.S.-trained Iraqi police and civilian informants appear to have conducted attacks on coalition targets.

“We try to do the vetting (of Iraqi employees) as close as we can,” Sanchez said at a news conference in Baghdad. But he added: “There have been instances when police were conducting attacks against the coalition and against the people.“

Maybe he does exist just that “Jamil Hussein” is one of the bad guys and the AP is concealing this equally scandalous information?

There are more developments on the Jamil Hussein saga today throughout the blogosphere, if you’re interested. But for all intents and purposes, this will be the last post about Hussein unless he turns out to be the long lost son……

Good posts here, but it seems Rockhauler has the anchor…

A journalist reports the facts, all of the facts, not just the evidence that supports the conclusion to which the ‘journalist’ is directing his audience.

Propaganda attempts to lead someone to accept a conclusion, despite facts or reasoning that refute that conclusion.

Just as almost everyone to take a witness stand in a courtroom actually violates the oath to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth“, by selectively presenting facts which support their preferred side of the case and leaving those which do not, journalists have always chosen which bits and pieces of a story to include and exclude.

Heard any reporting on the economy lately? Wonder why. Oh, but we all know that gas prices jumped.

Eason Jordan’s credibility is long gone, and his motives should always be questioned. On this story, however, there is no value possible to his own career, since he has surely made an enemy of the AP, so we can loan his words some credibility. Plus, he has obviously done the preliminary homework to know what steps the AP did and didn’t take in the early stages of this obvious cover-up, and there’s credit for that as well.

The big question now is how far the AP is willing to take these shenanigans. The longer they hold on, the worse the fallout. This isn’t memo-gate, it’s more than a hundred times bigger. It’s going to destroy them.

Personally I believe that since WE are the readers of these articles and AP refuses to correct their mistakes, their lies or their faulty information, it is up to US to make, not only our voices, but our displeasure known….