I never meant to imply U.S. forces acted with ill intent when U.S. forces accidentally killed journalists, and I apologize to anyone who thought I said or believed otherwise,

Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.

It's a war zone. Terrible things happen.

CNN is proud of its people and they were doing the right thing in providing coverage of the departure of the freed U.S. flight crew.

CNN is proud of its people and they were doing the right thing in providing coverage of the departure of the freed U.S. flight crew,

We at CNN are pleased and relieved to hear the announcement that these journalists have been released and this situation brought to a peaceful and amicable resolution, ... The safety of journalists is paramount to CNN, as it is to news organizations worldwide.