Today, however, Malkin announced a change of plans after realizing that Jordan's investigation to this point proved absolutely nothing. He writes, 'Inquiries by others point to there being no Captain Jamil Hussein, although there is no proof of that'.
One would think that would only strengthen Malkin's resolve to get over to Iraq with Jordan to investigate further but, having seen that she won't be able to get what she wants ie. confirmation that Jamil Hussein doesn't exist to use as ammo towards the Associated Press, she's announced that she's going to Iraq an an embedded reporter instead. So much for investigative reporting. There's nothing like being spoon-fed by the US military (which she has willingly been from day one) to give her fans a real picture of what's going on over there, right?
Malkin writes:
I am very heartened by Eason Jordan's post yesterday challenging the Associated Press's credibility, but am puzzled that his own crew in Baghdad still has nothing new to report more than a month after bloggers first started raising questions. I hope Jordan follows up on the most recent investigative developments in the blogosphere.
In other words, it's a lost cause and she knows it. The Associated Press has no responsibility to Malkin, Jordan or the rest of CSI: Bloggerville to produce Captain Hussein since his life may be placed in jeopardy if his face is publicly revealed. That, however, is of no concern to those who are continuing this fight with the Associated Press. They've whined about the 'enemy' press and they demand action.
Malkin seems to think she'll still be able to investigate the AP while she's embedded. I highly doubt that coalition troops will volunteer to be her babysitter in order to do that. That isn't their job. But Malkin has to make herself look good somehow and I'm sure many of her fans will actually believe that she'll have the freedom to roam around Iraq playing Nancy Drew. Cognitive dissonance is an art form on the right.
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