pajamasmedia.com - 1/12/2009
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The plumber should have thought twice about launching a new career as a war correspondent in Israel.
jpost.com - 1/12/2009
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jpost.com —
Samuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio, aka Joe the Plumber,
arrived in Sderot at noon Sunday to show local...
and foreign reporters how to do it right. "You should be ashamed of yourself," he told foreign reporters. "You should be patriotic, protect your family ...
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Joe the Plumber is here, and he ain't happy
pajamasmedia.com - 1/8/2009
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pajamasmedia.com —
By now many of you have heard that
Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is leaving for Israel tomorrow...
to be a war correspondent for Pajamas TV. This has created quite a brouhaha in the media - cable television, newspapers, wire services, etc. ...
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Joe the Plumber: Mr. Smith Goes to Jerusalem for Pajamas TV
juancole.com - 1/12/2009
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juancole.com —
I want to follow up today on my
postings over the weekend on how organizing to defend...
progressive congressional representatives and punish reactionary ones is far superior to street protests as political action on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. ...
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Only an America First PAC Can Stop the Madness
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Joe the Plumber Touches Down in Israel
The Moderate Voice —
... I found myself unloading a healthy dose of skepticism over the prospect of Joe Wurzelbacher taking on the role of Middle East war correspondent in my new column at Pajamas Media, “No-Joe. Wurzelbacher is not Edward R. Murrow.” I invite you to read and comment. For an opposing perspective, you are also encouraged to read the companion, contrasting piece by Bob Owens, “ ...
Joe the Plumber becomes Joe the Media
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... rely on terrorist propagandists nor on “patriotic” reports from the front. Joe the Plumber may make a fine columnist or opinion journalist — we’ll see when he begins filing regular reports — but his entirely legitimate criticism of the mainstream global media will apply to himself as well if he declares that he will deliver “patriotic” reports on behalf of Israel. At least we’ll get a little bit of balance for the next two weeks. (via Michelle ) Update : In a column for Pajamas Media , Jazz Shaw wonders what PJM was thinking.
Joe the War Correspondent
Ace of Spades HQ —
... Eh. So he's not an objective journalist. Who is? Christian Amanapour? There are a lot of advocacy journalists in the Middle-East. In fact, almost everyone there is. I can't get very incensed that Joe admits his own agenda. Unlike professional journalists (and I use that term advisedly), he has no career to protect by lying about his own biases and agenda. A brief mention of a PSM essay written by a tool at The Moderate Voice. I only even mention it because both Instapundit and Hot Air link it. The Moderate Voice, of course, defends the MSM down the line and questions how ...
Joe the Plumber in Israel
Confederate Yankee —
... article three days ago; Jazz Shaw wrote the anti-Joe article since then. In my post, I don't think I made any unreasonable demands of the man whom admirers like to refer to as "JTP." Im not expecting Pyle's humanizing folksiness, nor Yon's gritty incisiveness, nor Crane's vivid imagery from Wurzelbacher. I don't know if he can craft a coherent sentence or conduct an revealing interview. And perhaps he'll be an absolute disaster as a journalist, even as he's created a PR explosion for PJTV. But there is an obvious fear among so many members of the media so defensively and ...
Joe the Plumber Makes Waves
Little Green Footballs —
... Not everyone is impressed with Joe Wurzelbacher’s debut as a correspondent, and Pajamas Media deserves credit for posting a view from a critic: Pajamas Media » No-Joe: Wurzelbacher Is Not Edward R. Murrow. ...
Disclosure.
INSTAPUTZ —
... JOE THE PLUMBER IN ISRAEL: Views both pro and con. I’d just say that the professionals who have been covering the mideast have set the bar for journalism pretty low . . . . ...
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