Eason Jordan Resigns

Well well, Wonder why he resigned?

In a memorandum released to his colleagues last night, Mr. Jordan, 44, who had worked at the network for more than two decades, said he had "decided to resign in an effort to prevent CNN from being unfairly tarnished by the controversy over conflicting accounts of my recent remarks regarding the alarming number of journalists killed in Iraq.

Unfairly Tarnished? If the accounts are conflicting all he had to do is ask for the WEF to release the tapes. Note that he didn't. Any wonder why the bloggers have been yelling for his head?

Imbecile.

Even better, the reports make it sound suspiciously like he was asked to leave. Read the following and note how the question isn't really answered.

Asked if Mr. Jordan had been under any pressure from the network to resign, Ms. Robinson said the decision had been his. She said Mr. Walton, the CNN president, was unavailable for further comment. Mr. Jordan did not return a message left on his cellphone seeking comment. Mr. Jordan, who once had day-to-day responsibility for CNN's international coverage, is no stranger to controversy.

[Emphasis mine. ]
Seems very informative to me. If told that you can resign or be fired, you have a decision that is yours. Ms. Robinson should be a politician or lawyer. Nothing like deflection.

Oh, and the Old Grey Lady just can't help but make a one-sided attack here.

It also gave him an ambitious assignment: to reclaim the ratings lead it yielded years ago to the Fox News Channel, whose commentators, at least, tend to tilt to the right.

[Emphasis mine.]
Now, is this an admission that CNN "tends to tilt to the left" or is it just a hack at Fox? The answer is Yes. (at least in my opinion) Why do these people still miss the point that should have come out of the last two presidential elections? At least half of the population is somewhat right leaning, if not neutral enough to want more than just the left leanings of most of the other large news systems, whether broadcast or cable. CNN obviously lost its lead because many people don't see them as politically neutral.