Nice to see some media supporting our troops...what a stud!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,397062,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,397062,00.html
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Media Support For Troops
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Lobster
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Haha speaking of the big names, does anyone remember Matt Lower on the Roosevelt about 10 years ago. He was down in the chow hall and was talking to the sailors and didn't know he was live and on the air. He looked at some sailor's food and goes "What the hell is that?" They cut back to Katie Couric in the studio in New York and her face just dropped in shock...Kind of off the beat and path of this thread I know but it just popped in my head.
Some reporters will probably fault him for not maintaining his "objectivity." After all, I remember a journalism panel some years ago wherein some major TV journalists said that they would not tip off US forces to an impending enemy ambush because they would lose journalistic credibility.
On the other hand, maybe this cameraman can finally take that d-bag Ollie North's place on Fox.
On the other hand, maybe this cameraman can finally take that d-bag Ollie North's place on Fox.
Just out of curiosity, if a reporter did tip troops off could that make him involved in what's going on? I don't want to say combatant, but it's almost like using cruise ships to carry munitions. Am I off here or is it a possibility?
You mean like the QE2 and the Canberra during the Falklands?
I think I know what you are saying, but it probably applies more to red crosses than anything.
If you are a citizen of a country at war, you shouldn't even be putting yourself into a position where you are regularly interviewing, or reporting on the enemy for journalistic purposes. It's wrong by patriotism, AND it's wrong by objective journalism. It's just ethically out-of-bounds.
You mean like the QE2 and the Canberra during the Falklands?
I think I know what you are saying, but it probably applies more to red crosses than anything.
If you are a citizen of a country at war, you shouldn't even be putting yourself into a position where you are regularly interviewing, or reporting on the enemy for journalistic purposes. It's wrong by patriotism, AND it's wrong by objective journalism. It's just ethically out-of-bounds.
someone needs to tell that to that broke-nose SOB from CNN
You mean like the QE2 and the Canberra during the Falklands?
They carried troops (with their personal weapons of course) to the war zone, they were not used as ammo ships.
someone needs to tell that to that broke-nose SOB from CNN
He is actually one of the smartest reporters on Iraq, a lot better than almost any other on a US network. That is, when he is not getting in a fights over Lara Logan.
Cron
Yankee Uniform Tango
Just because they criticize the current administration, doesn't mean they wouldn't support their fellow countrymen (or whomever) when faced with such a situation.
Geraldo already endangered the troops once with an OPSEC violation. Olbermann is a communist. Matthews is a liberal, but the only man among those three.
They carried troops (with their personal weapons of course) to the war zone, they were not used as ammo ships.
He is actually one of the smartest reporters on Iraq, a lot better than almost any other on a US network. That is, when he is not getting in a fights over Lara Logan.
He just can't seem to remain objective...a small problem when you are a journalist.
Agreed. Matthews is certainly liberal, but I'd consider him one of the more well informed, likable (watchable) journalists on TV. Olbermann is a psycho- even more so than O'Reilly IMO.