Jordan's fall from grace — and from his high position in the media world — may be studied some day for the truly bumbling steps in his handling of this affair that left him looking less a CNN bigwig than a Nixon administration official working on Watergate damage control and trying to prevent the Oval Office tapes from getting into the hands of Congress:
- The remarks came out and were allowed to hang out there and fester.
- He failed to call a news conference and deal directly with reporters on the issue and kill the press with contrition. Even if he made the comments he could have been apologetic enough EARLY ON halt bleeding to CNN's corporate — and his own — image.
- The failure to demand release of a known tape of his comments only fanned heated allegations that he and CNN didn't want the tape to come out because they feared what it would contain
Considering that the MSM had pretty effectively circled the wagons around Jordan I was surprised by his resignation. It does feel like the act of a guilty conscience.
Maybe Jordan will bump into Jeff Gannon at a D.C. bar tonight, maybe a dive like The 'Lil Pub, and they can buy each other drinks. After downing a few they might come to the same conclusion:
Accountability's a bitch.
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