Just read over at LGF that CNN News exec Eason Jordan has resigned after recent statements he made about journalists being targeted by the American military overseas went public, causing a furor on the 'net.

Here's the AP story.

Wow.

[update]

Michelle Malkin: "How brave of him to hand in his resignation on Friday night."

She also points out that CNN hasn't picked it up yet. Their search yields nada as of 8:04 p.m. Eastern. This item has a dateline of 3:45 p.m. Eastern, however. Then again, do we really expect them to cover it as news right now?

Jay Rosen has the statement from Jordan/CNN.

Jeff Jarvis: "For a lesson, see: Dan Rather." Read the whole thing.

My feelings on this are that I believe that Jordan has to, at least somewhat, believe his statement about the "targeting" of journalists to have said it in the fashion that he did. He's just of too high up a level in a news organization to not realize that - off or on the record - what he said would be construed exactly how many people have portrayed it as. I can't believe that this couldn't be seen as a result of such a comment.

Am I surprised that he has resigned at this point from CNN? Yes, I definitely am. Do I expect Jordan to turn up elsewhere in the news industry? Absolutely.

However, I think this is another moment when triumphalism, especially by bloggers, might get a little overboard. I've already seen "scoreboards" on two different website comment sections, and one would presume that there are more. Let's all continue to realize that this isn't just a way to "take down" people that some people may disagree with. The last thing bloggers want to be known as is for being good at writing hit pieces.

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