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Date: August 21, 2007 1:54:06 PM PDT
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Subject: TV News "Experts" on Iraq War Pre-Approved by Pentagon
"Ministry of Truth"
Ex-CNN News Chief Defends Vetting Commentators With Pentagon
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/1349243
The former news chief of CNN is defending his decision to seek the
Pentagon's approval of prospective CNN news analysts during the
lead up to the Iraq war. Eason Jordan's comments have come under
renewed scrutiny after being featured in Norman Solomon's film War
Made Easy.
Eason Jordan: "I think it's important to have experts explain the
war and to describe the military hardware, describe the tactics,
talk about the strategy behind the conflict. I went to the Pentagon
myself several times before the war started and met with important
people there and said, for instance -- 'At CNN, here are the
generals we're thinking of retaining to advise us on the air and
off about the war' -- and we got a big thumbs-up on all of them.
That was important."
Eason Jordan – who now runs the IraqSlogger website – defended his
actions last week. He said: "Employers routinely vet prospective
employees with their previous employers. In these cases, we vetted
retired generals to ensure they were experts in specific military
and geographic areas. The generals were not vetted for political
views."
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