To Eason or Not To Eason?

Although he wishes he were wrong, Gerard says that Easongate is effectively over. The MSM is stonewalling on the Davos video and there is nothing we poor bloggers can do. Gerard is such a good writer at first he convinced me. Now I am not so sure. Austin, also a fine writer, is calling for the video to be released. And now someone very important in the MSM itself, meaning Brit Hume, is kicking the ball down the field on his Special Report tonight. And, yes, Brit may be our natural ally on this but he is more mainstream than CNN these days, at least in the US, to the tune of many millions of viewers. Also, Hume, in my estimation the best television journalist working, is widely respected. Everyone knows he’s smart and he’s not a liar, which you can’t say for Jordan after his admissions regarding Saddam.

No, this thing ain’t over — and it shouldn’t be. As I wrote below, this is no small matter. We are in an asymmetrical war, which we can only lose by giving up. If CNN, at its policy heart, wants us to do that, they are contributing to the defeat of democracy in Iraq and are the conscious/unconscious allies of the fascist forces they persist in callling “insurgents.” That’s their privilege but they must acknowledge it and take the economic consequences from the American public. And to ever be regarded as an honest man again, Eason Jordan must produce the video.

UPDATE: By the way, the story of CNN in this country at least is pretty pathetic. They are barely staying ahead of that other group of tedious losers at MSNBC. It’s also good to see the public is finally getting bored with that zombie Larry King.

FNC O’REILLY 2,652,000 [VIEWERS]
FNC HANNITY/COLMES 1,904,000
FNC GRETA 1,568,000
FNC HUME 1,446,000
FNC SHEP SMITH 1,327,000
CNN LARRY KING 891,000
COMEDY DAILY SHOW 755,000
CNN ZAHN 550,000
CNN AARON BROWN 528,000
CNN ANDERSON COOPER 445,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 416,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 411,000
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 360,000