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theweaselkingNo, the Chief News Executive of CNN did not claim that the US Military is deliberately targeting and kililng reporters in Iraq.
When he said the deaths of reporters - 63 so far - are not all "collateral damage" and are, indeed, "targeted", he meant that a lot of these journalists were, in fact, the target of the attack that killed them, whether they were mistaken for the enemy or what. Jordan contends "collateral damage" implies that they were killed by attacks aimed at others, which is manifestly not the case. While the US military does not deliberately kill reporters, they *have* attacked and killed people that have later turned out to be reporters.
When he said the deaths of reporters - 63 so far - are not all "collateral damage" and are, indeed, "targeted", he meant that a lot of these journalists were, in fact, the target of the attack that killed them, whether they were mistaken for the enemy or what. Jordan contends "collateral damage" implies that they were killed by attacks aimed at others, which is manifestly not the case. While the US military does not deliberately kill reporters, they *have* attacked and killed people that have later turned out to be reporters.