More backup for my piece about the Jordan Pearl "affair" below, this time in the Seattle Times via Kausfiles. Kurtz may or may not have killed his own story but here is the removed paragraph, according to the Seattle Times.

Several CNN staffers say Jordan, who was distraught about the controversy, saw the handwriting on the wall in tendering his resignation. But top executives are also said to have lost patience with the continuing gossip about Jordan, including his affair with Marianne Pearl, widow of the murdered reporter Daniel Pearl, and subsequent marital breakup.

When you stop to think about it, this is a pretty dirty story.