Michelle Malkin has a post on the Eason Jordan story that is mandatory reading. She rounds up many of the stories, news and opinions of the last couple days, including Glenn Garvin's summary in the Miami Herald.
James Lilek's drew similar conclusions to the points I made here.
But perhaps the blogs recognize a simple truth: Either Jordan is right, in which case it's news he should report, or he's spinning humid fictions that conform to the darkest suspicions of America's foes. And surely that's news as well.
In particular, scroll down to read Charles Krauthammer's comments, transcribed at Johnny Dollar's Place. An excerpt.
I mean, if he said this and then he tried to walk it back, he wasn't trying to explain it, he was trying to undo it. But then he says in a statement that has been released, he never has believed that American troops have deliberately attacked journalists. Well, if he doesn't, why is he spreading a rumor that he believes is false, malicious, libelous, and will endanger American troops? I mean, you don't truck in rumors like that. He essentially says, now he was just reporting what others are saying. If he thinks it's a falsehood, why is he repeating it?...There's dishonesty here which I think is the real problem.
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