A prime Jamil Hussein doubter, Jules Crittenden of the Boston Herald, had written on his blog on Tuesday, "If Jamil Hussein's apparent failure to exist is ever acknowledged, it will be buried. The AP's clients, by and large, don't care. Nor do the 'ethics' gatekeepers in the business."
Tonight he writes, "The existence of cops with several variations of the name Jamil Hussein of varying ranks in several police stations around Baghdad was reported by bloggers several weeks ago. None quite matched. I'd suggest the jury is still out on this guy."
He adds: "Where the proof? All I've seen is just another round of assertions. How about a page out of an AP reporter's notebook with a Jamil Hussein contact and info for a particular story on a particular day? Reporters are meticulous about their notebooks and retain them for years."
I've asked E&P to correct this but given this trade magazine's devolution into a shrill partisan political rag with little interest in accuracy under the reptilian leadership of Greg Mitchell, I'm not sure whether they'll do it.
Thank you, troll, for calling my attention to this.
UPDATE: E&P will correct. Reptilian Greg Mitchell here:
Sorry, will correct immediately. As on many blogs, it is often hard to tell when the blog host is weighing in, responding to something, but will try harder next time. Again, apologies. Correction should show up within half an hour. GM
Thank you, Greg. Now, about your trade magazine's devolution into a shrill partisan political rag ...
Jamilgate Update:
Curt's latest at Flopping Aces. Is the AP wrong about being right?
Backgrounder and thoughts from another leading Jamil doubter, Confederate Yankee.
3 comments:
If AP comes up with an Iraqi cop named Jamil Hussein, they'd better also come up with proof that the stories he's supposedly been telling them are true. Otherwise, what's the point?
That 3rd sounds substantially identical to one of my comments. Since my blogosphere name doesn't even remotely resemble yours Jules, I think its pretty safe to accuse E&P of being hasty ill-researched dolts right? (i.e. which is to say they're right in character with their soul mates at AP)
The only other option is that this was done deceitfully on purpose as an act of flat out treachery.
Were I E&P, I think I'd rather go with the hasty dolt verdict rather than treacherous slimeball.
Congratulations on making E&P, Jules Hussein/Purple Avenger!
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