Eason Jordan, former head of CNN was forced to resign in 2005 due to pressure from right wing bloggers.
He was reported to have said (off the record) that journalists were being killed in Iraq by the American Military on Rony Alboritz' first ever blog for forumblog.org.
It was pointed out that the mass media, presumably because the comments were made off the record originally let it slip but had to take notice when numerous bloggers started calling for Jordan's head.
It goes to show how blogs can make a huge role in how the news media look at a story and was perhaps a turning point for the impact of online news.
3 comments:
Yes but journalists were being killed in Iraq by U.S. forces.
I'm not condoning or condemning what Jordan has said, simply showing the information I have available to me.
A short but ok summary - you reproduce the same link twice - did you mean to or did you mean to link to the blog that started it all off. Check names and facts carefully, especially on something contentious like this.
The Eason Jordan case is interesting because it shows the blogosphere being consciously used by partisan activists (though they tend to present themselves as 'the people). It means that you have to think carefully about how you treat what you find on blogs...
Interesting that you picked up a comment on this - it shows that it was a controversial topic for people and still is.
Are you going to write something more detailed about the mainstream media and bloggers?
Jim
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