The World Still Has Too Many Reporters

"The World Still Has Too Many Reporters"

You got that right, Kate. And to think that we pay their salaries (in a roundabout way via advertising budgets).

This all started with CNN and now "news" has become infotainment with 50 times more so-called journalists than there are stories. Often times they just make stuff up to feed the vacuum of dead air. And as Chrichton says, they engage in far too much speculation.

"The World Still Has Too Many Reporters"

Too many liberal reporters is a bigger problem... in my humble opinion...

I suppose when his time comes, reporters will throw sandals at The One.

What idiots!

But one morning, a number of years ago (for some inexplicable reason), I was watching the despicable Neil MacDonald "reporting" utter garbage from the Middle East on CBC.

I was still in my pyjamas. I was so angry, I took off my slipper and threw it at the TV! I had NO idea what an insult this is considered in the ME. If I'd known, I'd have tossed the other one too!

Satire is dead.

"Organizers also urged local journalists to ditch their veneer of objectivity by lobbing footwear at the image."

CNN has created dozens of positions for African American "reporters" in the last couple of months. I'm curious whether they replaced a bunch of whities, or simply made more room at the table.

This isn't exactly on topic, but....

I'm listening/watching "An Interview with the PM", featuring Lloyd Robertson and Bob Fife, and I would swear Harper looks he has a moustache...wierd.

I just saw the video on the tube.
Did I see the "A Man For All Protests" Jaggi Singh, orchestrating things? Haven't seen him for a while.

The shoe scene from Monty Pythons Life of Brian seems very appropriate. A great bit from a great movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uywIYQEHZLs

Peter Jennings, Canadian born and Naturalized American, began his career at CBC. He was a reporter in Vietnam and joined ABC.. reaching the lofty perch of News Anchor.

The success & secret of Peter Jennings was reveled, to me, in a "Fred Friendly" round table series of leading members of the Media & American society ,including Sitting Supreme Court Judges. The moral actions & responsibility of the media post Vietnam era

They created a fictional situation where a US reporter & film crew had arranged to meet & film in the Camp of the gorilla enemy.

When they arrived at the Camp, that was on a ridge overlooking a valley, they observed a US force working it way up the valley into an Ambush.

The Question posed: What was the responsibility of the Media in that Situation?

The NBC Reporter (I don't remember his name) said that the media role was to record the event.

Mike Wallace of CBS agreed adding that if they somehow interfered they would be killed & that was not the role intended or expected of the Camera crew or reporters.

They asked Peter Jennings and he said that he would warn the US force of the ambush. When asked what would happen to him & the Camera Crew. He said he would have anticipated the situation & the crew would have volunteered.

Mike Wallace quickly reversed his opinion agreeing with Peter, as did all the participants.

Is it any wonder that Peter Jennings was a trusted reporter & American Anchor?

Those tapes of the Fred Friendly Round Table Series are available from PBS.

Related:
Check out Joel's video of Codoleeza Rice handing it to a 'reporter'
Condi gets drilled on the shoe throwing and reminds the reporter twice that the MSM made such a big deal of the shoes that they ignored history in the making.
proudtobecanadian.com

Sorry..try this

http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/blog/

Another brilliant column on the arab mentality by one of the best writers in the Toronto Sun, Salim Mansur. ET would love this as it fits right in with her tribal structure of these people.

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/salim_mansur/2008/12/20/7812241-sun.html

Dave, thank you SO MUCH for sharing the Salim Mansur editorial. Very, very interesting! I'm going to repost it on my blog.

A little research revealed that he is an Ismaili Muslim. Though I'm a recovering Catholic, I've been very blessed to know several Ismaili families here in Vancouver. This group of Muslims are sometimes described as "the Jews of the Muslim world". By that it is meant that they are well educated and generally quite prosperous.

While some individual Ismailis have succumbed to the Church of Liberalism (just like some Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Atheists have as well), most better understand than anyone the battle for the average Muslim's head - will s/he become a Jihadist or a contributing member of the West.

Once again, thank you for providing the link.

"veneer of objectivity"

There's the first problem - they actually believe that reporters are "objective".