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Scripting News in Manila

By running his op-ed piece on Friday without comment, it appears that they condone it.

This is the wrong statement on which the whole rest of the argument, and the calls for integrity and disclaimers, is based. Jordan's piece appears in Op/Ed - Opinions and Editorials - and I believe there is a implicit disclaimer. You'll notice that the other pubs mentioned are criticising only CNN for Jordan's behavior, not the Times for running the piece. My understanding has always been that, aside from unsigned editorials, pieces on the Op/Ed page in pretty much any paper do not carry the paper's endorsement of their contents. This appears to be an attempt to create an "issue" about professional journalists where none really exists.