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weeklystandard.com - 1/15/2009
More Media Wisdom From Joe The Plumber
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Joe the Plumber, PJTV's media correspondent in Israel, clearly does not know the first law of holes: once you are deep in one, you should stop digging. The other day Joe told us the media has no place in a warzone and harkened back to the days when war news was shown in theaters on grainy film. ...
outsidethewire.com - 1/14/2009
Joe the Plumber--Out of His Depth
— outsidethewire.com — Previously in this space I remarked that PJTV's sending Joe The Plumber to Israel felt like a... shark-jumping publicity stunt and it was a risk that could put PJTV's credibility at risk. After watching a few reports , I felt Joe was fine, when he ... (more) Joe the Plumber--Out of His Depth

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Joe the Plumber plunges deeper: ‘Military should decide what information to give the media.’
thinkprogress.org - 1/13/2009
Joe the Plumber plunges deeper: ‘Military should decide what information to give the media.’
— thinkprogress.org — Continuing his reporting from Israel, Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher tried to clarify his remarks criticizing media coverage... of war , in a new Pajamas TV segment. He said that citizens “don’t need to see what’s happening ... (more) Joe the Plumber plunges deeper: ‘Military should decide ...

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CNN's Rick Sanchez vs. "Joe the Plumber" (video)
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youtube.com - 1/14/2009
CNN's Rick Sanchez vs. "Joe the Plumber" (video)
— youtube.com — Today CNN's Rick Sanchez went after "War Corespondent" Joe the Plumber... (more) CNN's Rick Sanchez vs. "Joe the Plumber" (video)

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Video: Rick Sanchez dumps all over Joe the Plumber
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... show each and every Palestinian casualty (and willing to fabricate them if necessary) while remaining utterly mute and invisible while rockets rain down on Israeli families. I cannot imagine for an instant that Joe was referring to common citizens like J.D., Mike Yon, and Mike Totten who — like me and like Joe himself for that matter — are simply regular people called to try and fight back against the tide of bias and outright deception we see in the media. Maybe so, but according to Roggio , elsewhere JTP says, “I think the military should decide what information to give the ...

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