Joe The Plumber-War Correspondent

hgc said:
More Extra Stupid from Joe the Unlicensed War Correspondent:



Says that media, you know, should now be allowed to report on wars. This was the, you know, centerpiece of John McCain's awesome presidential campaign in its death throes final weeks. More or less embarrassing than Sarah Palin? Vote now!
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The link seems to be dead.

 
Joe can't seem to figure out whether he wants reporters to just report facts and let the people decide or whether he wants reporters to editorialize as they report.

The campaign trail celebrity went to war to correct what he saw as a glaring oversight in the journalism field: "They're supposed to bring the news to you unbiased. They're supposed to actually report it and then let you make your opinion ... What I can provide are actual real questions and get real answers. I'm not talking manufactured answers, I'm not talking soundbites...And uh, not giving it any kind of slants."
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OTOH:
JOE: The story here is people are being killed and the media's slanting it and trying to make it Hamas is, uh, as far as, that Israel's being bad. Do you believe Israel is bad?


REPORTER: Do I believe it?

JOE: Yeah, do you?!

REPORTER: I'm Israeli, so...

JOE: So answer the question!

REPORTER: No, I don't think Israel is bad.

JOE: Do you think Israel has every right to protect itself?

REPORTER: Yeah.

[pause]

JOE: You do?!

REPORTER: Yeah.

JOE: Have you said that on air?

REPORTER: I'm just a reporter.
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Also, by his own logic, he shouldn't be covering the war:

Talking to reporters in Israel, Joe went even further, suggesting that journalists shouldn't be allowed anywhere near war zones: "I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war (sic). I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what's happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I think it's asinine. You know, I liked back in World War I and World War II when you'd go to the theater and you'd see your troops on, you know, the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for them. Now everyone's got an opinion and wants to downer-and down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers."
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So WTF did he travel to Israel to "cover" this conflict?

John McCain should be embarrassed.
 
Joe is doing a great job........



in proving the prejudice against Americans to be true.

is he a licenced journalist now?
does a journalist make 250k a year?
 
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