Sunday, February 06, 2005
 From the Davos, Switzerland World Economic Forum blog January 28, 2005 : At what was an initially very mild discussion at the World Economic Forum titled "Will Democracy Survive the Media?"... Eason Jordan, Chief News Executive of CNN... asserted that he knew of 12 journalists who had not only been killed by US troops in Iraq, but they had in fact been targeted. He repeated the assertion a few times.
... David Gergen was also clearly disturbed and shocked by the allegation that the U.S. would target journalists, foreign or U.S.
... Statements were backed by other members of the audience (one in particular who represented a worldwide journalist group). The ensuing debate was (for lack of better words) a real "sh--storm". What intensified the problem was the fact that the session was a public forum being taped on camera, in front of an international crowd. The other looming shadow on what was going on was the presence of a U.S. Congressman and a U.S. Senator in the middle of some very serious accusations about the U.S. military.
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