JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM CNN ON THE EASON JORDAN SCANDAL (the new one, not the old one). I’ll be frank — I don’t believe it. Here’s what it says:

Many blogs have taken Mr. Jordan’s remarks out of context. Eason Jordan does not believe the U.S. military is trying to kill journalists. Mr. Jordan simply pointed out the facts: While the majority of journalists killed in Iraq have been slain at the hands of insurgents, the Pentagon has also noted that the U.S. military on occasion has killed people who turned out to be journalists. The Pentagon has apologized for those actions.

Mr. Jordan was responding to an assertion by Cong. Frank that all 63 journalist victims had been the result of “collateral damage.”

Pardon me if I don’t fully trust Jordan in light of his past behavior. And it sounds like there’s more than just context involved. I’ll believe it when I see the video, or a transcript.

UPDATE: Roger Simon comments: “A full and direct explanation from Mr. Jordan himself is needed here, not corporate spin, especially given the rather different accounts from eyewitnesses.”