The Idiotic Lumping of Rather, Jordan, Gannon

I'm really, really sick of the way the corporate media is lumping together the cases of Dan Rather, Eason Jordan, and Jeff Gannon/Guckert. It's yet another example of fake "balance" for the sake of appearing "unbiased."

Let's recap:

Dan Rather. Tarred and feathered for exercising bad judgement after a long, respectable career. (Not to mention the high likelihood that he was set up.)

Eason Jordan. Tarred and feathered for one ill-advised, politically-incorrect statement after a long, respectable career.

Jeff Gannon/Guckert. Exposed as a complete fraud with a sordid (and criminal) past. Possibly connected with people in the Whitehouse; possibly has information about or was involved in the outing of Valerie Plame.

Now tell me: Which of these doesn't fit the pattern?

Back to Eason Jordan. Supposedly he said that US troops had targeted journalists. Does anyone else remember when an embedded reporter filmed a US soldier shooting an unarmed Iraqi who was lieing on the floor? Do you remember that freepers were going nuts and saying that reporter deserved to be shot? (And can anyone help me find links to that stuff?)