Michelle Malkin has a terrific summary of the events as they unfolded over the last couple of weeks.

Jordan's outrageous statement in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum that he knew of 12 journalists target and killed by U.S. troops in Iraq, was published by eyewitness from ForumBlog.org and got picked up by other blogs soon afterward. As the news spread like wildfire, Rony Abovitz publicly called for Eason to back up this wild assertion, which proved to be completely bogus.

While the MSM quietly tried to ignor the fracas, Blogs from all over turned up the heat. And the dam burst. As Malkin reports:

On Tuesday Feb. 8, CNN employee and Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz finally published a story on the controversy, rehashing much of what I'd reported on this blog--except with a transparent coat of whitewash. Kurtz was roundly mocked by the blogosphere and has done permanent damage to his reputation as an effective media critic.

The shock waves that have overwhelmed CNN started with a single blogger and reverberated worldwide. I agree with Rony Abovitz that there should be no joy in watching Eason Jordan's downfall. But there is certainly great, unadulterated satisfaction in seeing the collective efforts of the blogosphere--citizens and professional journalists among them--produce the one thing the MSM has for too long escaped in its walled-off world: accountability.

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