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Pajamas Media Contemplates Journalism
Eschaton —
Joe The Reporter
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by Jesse Taylor
Via Atrios, I take back everything I ever said about Joe the Plumber’s Excellent Israeli Adventure. More, please!
Is Joe the Plumber's secret identity mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent? Or maybe White House "journalist"-hooker Jeff Gannon?
DownWithTyranny! —
"I'll be honest with you. I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. 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-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 'em. Now everyone's got an opinion and wants to downer -- and down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers. I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting. You know, ...
American Idiot
Brilliant at Breakfast —
Ladies and Gentlemen, Sarah Palin's 2012 running mate reports from Israel: Where is Green Day when you need them? (h/t)
I read it in a magazine, oh oh . . .
SteveAudio —
And Joe the Wanker files his first report from the safety of Israel War Zone as a gen-u-wine corresponderant, er, I mean, reporterer, ah heck, he'll be one when he gets to pronounciate the names right: Right. Well, his first report as a journamilist, with a microphone, in front of a camera, on location, like a media correspondent, is an Epic Fail. Brandon Friedman from Vetvoice.com: Please, God, let Joe keep representing the voice of conservative American media in war zones around the world. Here's a direct quote from Joe--who's currently reporting from just outside Gaza: I think ...
Nothing is good enough for people like you
Corrente —
Monday morning lo-standards media blogging: The media are trying, Joe. Lord knows, they're trying! Post title from: Read more…
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
N/A —
Joe the Plumber/Reporter goes to war to report reporters who are not plumbers should not report on war. Let us now plumb the depths of dumb. The dumbing down will continue.
If the last eight years in the wilderness of ignorance teach us anything, anybody can be a reporter when any idiot can be president.
Joe The Reporter, from Israel: "Media shouldn't report war"
Daily Kos —
The newest-minted war correspondent of the Western World, former non-plumber Samuel "Joe The Plumber" Wurzelbacher, reports from Israel: "I'll be honest with you. I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. 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-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'em. Now everyone's got an opinion and wants ...
The Brilliance Blinds Me
Shakesville —
While acting as a "War Reporter" in Israel for Pajamas Media, America's new darling imbecile, Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka JOE THE FUCKING PLUMBER, proclaimed "that journalists shouldn't be anywhere allowed in war." WTF? No Comment. (Cross-posted)
Joe the Plumber: Journalists Shouldn't Cover Wars
Drudge Retort —
After trading in his tool belt for a reporter's microphone and notepad, Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher arrived in Israel to cover the war in Gaza for a right-wing website, then told reporters Sunday they shouldn't be allowed to cover them. "I don't think journalists should be (allowed) anywhere near ... war," Wurzelbacher told other reporters in the Israeli town of Sderot. "You guys report where our troops are at, what's happening day-to-day, you make a big deal out of it. I think it's asinine."
Joe the Journalmalist on the Gaza War
Booman Tribune —
His conclusion about what he's doing reporting on a war? I shouldn't be allowed here to report about this war! (You couldn't craft a finer stand up routine if you tried). Meanwhile a non-journalist actually does some reporting for the New York Times ...
War reporting ain't like selling ballcock assemblies
Jesus' General —
I've been very lucky in the past to have such conservative superstars as John McCain and Sarah Palin guest post here. Today, another one joins the Jesus' General family. Please welcome Joe the Plumber. -- Gen. JC Christian, patriot I'm learning that being a war correspondent ain't easy. It's not like selling an overpriced ballcock assembly to some jack ass who bought the complete Time-Life Home Repair series at a yard sale. You have to know things. You have to think up questions, and they have to be the kind questions they call "relevant." It's not enough to ask, "Do you know where I can get a hoagie?" They want you to ...
BuzzFlash Mailbag for January 13, 2009
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BUZZFLASH MAILBAG Want to join the conversation? Share your thoughts with other Mailbag readers by clicking here . You also may comment below; post articles yourself at BuzzFlash.net ; or send urls for BuzzFlash to post to: www.buzzflash.com/contact/newstip.html . Subject: Just be glad W. is out next Tuesday Dear BuzzFlash: Damned if the media isn't almost acting conciliatory and sympathetic toward Bush in his last week as the worst ever President. We're getting round-the-clock reminders that the dumb cluck will give a "farewell address" Thursday night - one you can be sure I'll miss and maybe I'm wrong but do I see a trend toward feeling sorry for ...
alicublog — PLUMB CRAZY. The other day Joe The Plumber said, in so many words, that the media should not be allowed to cover wars, and was mocked for it. This calls for some first class spin. So The Plumber's handler, Roger L. Simon, reached out to JD Johannes, the normally reliable operative at Outside the Wire, who had expressed some annoyance at The Plumber's statement. "Evidently I've stirred a few things up," Johannes began his apology, and graciously updated his post. Johannes says, "Roger gave me the back story," which was that The Plumber was mad, as any regular Joe would be if he were, like The Plumber, shipped off to Israel and put in ...
