Eason Jordan Quotations

Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.

Actions speak louder than words. The reality is that at least 10 journalists have been killed by the US military, and according to reports I believe to be true journalists have been arrested and tortured by US forces.

Its a war zone. Terrible things happen.

With the benefit of hindsight, had more care been taken, maybe this could have been avoided

We at CNN are pleased and relieved to hear the announcement that these journalists have been released and this situation brought to a peaceful and amicable resolution, ... The safety of journalists is paramount to CNN, as it is to news organizations worldwide.

The safety of journalists is paramount to CNN, as it is to news organizations worldwide.

North Korean officials have told me that those visits are OK with them. They are ready for them to happen,

After 23 years at CNN, I have decided to resign in an effort to prevent CNN from being unfairly tarnished by the controversy over conflicting accounts of my recent remarks regarding the alarming number of journalists killed in Iraq,

CNN is proud of its people and they were doing the right thing in providing coverage of the departure of the freed U.S. flight crew.

I never meant to imply U.S. forces acted with ill intent when U.S. forces accidentally killed journalists, and I apologize to anyone who thought I said or believed otherwise,