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From WNYC in New York, this is NPR's On the Media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

Blog Swarm is the term now applied to the phenomenon whereby a critical mass of blogosphere

chatter forces a story into the mainstream media.

It happened on the Dan Rather story.

It happened to Jeff James D. Guckert Gannon, and it is precisely what happened to CNN executive

Yisen Jordan, who, if eyewitness accounts are accurate,

suggested that U.S. forces in Iraq have deliberately targeted journalists.

Jordan was speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in front of an audience

that included Wall Street Journal editorial board member Brett Stevens, who was first among the mainstream media to write about the remarks.

Brett, welcome to On the Media.

Thanks for having me.

Brett, Isan Jordan has since resigned his position at CNN, where he worked for more than 20 years.

A tape of his speech at Davos exists.

But it hasn't been made public. You were there that day.

What did he say? Basically, Jordan came out with a remark in which he seemed to suggest that U.S. forces have not only killed, but actually targeted journalists operating in Iraq.

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