Moody on WND story…
John Moody’s statement on the latest wrinkles in the WND story…
Joseph Farah’s statement makes a bad situation worse. Roger Ailes was correct in saying, with 100% certainty, that no News Corp entity, including Fox News, nor the families of the kidapped journalists, paid any money for their release.
Both the original WorldNet story, and Mr. Farah’s later statement, endanger every journalist reporting from a hostile environment by suggesting that kidnappings will be rewarded with ransom. Roger Ailes determined early on that we would not pay for the release of Centanni and Wiig, and we did not.
The WorldNet story appears to be based on information from terrorist sources. If so, WorldNet should reveal the source, so its reliability can be evaluated.
Farah continues to insist that a bribe took place, but would not reveal the source of his information. He agrees Fox did not provide the money, if indeed such transaction took place. What’s making him hide when challenged about this story? If he continues to behave like a poltroon, nobody would believe him to be credible anymore.
Comment by RGL — November 19, 2006 @ 11:43 am