I haven't been covering the controversy over the AP's alleged source Jamil Hussein, but Patterico has.
While I want to know more about Jam(a)il Hussein, I continue to believe that it is a mistake to focus on his “existence” to the exclusion of focusing on the other problems with the AP story. I am primarily concerned with the fact that the initial AP story on the “burning six” reported that four mosques were burned. The AP later dialed that back to one mosque, but never admitted error. I’d like to see pictures of those mosques — a possibility that Armed Liberal has dangled in front of us for days. Pictures like that would be a hard fact that we could compare to Jam(a)il Hussein’s story — and if they contradict him, then Owens’s lack of corroboration for 40 other stories takes on new significance.
And now former CNN head honcho Eason Jordan even says the AP has trouble on its hands.
On an unrelated matter, Patterico has a roundup of the LA Times misdeeds in 2006. It's a big list.
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