Congrats to CNN and Michael Ware

I e-mailed CNN to express my disgust with them Thursday night or very early Friday morning and received the following e-mail respnonse from them:

Thank you for your email regarding the insurgent sniper segment and for providing us the opportunity to respond to your concern.

Michael Ware was not with the insurgents. No CNN staffer was present during the making of the insurgent sniper video.

Through an intermediary, CNN sent a list of questions to a group of insurgents. They sent back videotaped answers and this sniper video.

To be clear: We were not embedded with the insurgency and did not meet or spend any time with the snipers.

As you know from seeing the videotape, we dipped to black at the moment of impact. We did not show any Americans being shot.

That decision -- in fact, all the decisions about this story -- were subject to hours of intense editorial discussion at the highest levels here at CNN. The insurgent videotapes were reviewed very carefully, not only by CNN journalists, but also with the advice and guidance of a recently retired US Marines sniper and CNN's military analyst, Brigadier General David Grange (Retired). In particular, General Grange was able to advise on the significance of the insurgent use of snipers from his extensive service as a Ranger, Green Beret, and as a member of Delta Force.

If you have not yet seen Michael Ware's story, it is available for viewing at CNN.com.

Again, thank you for allowing us the opportunity to respond.

Respectfully,

CNN


This way you can read for yourselves what they had to say about what they did.