[ RadSafe ] Fwd: [DailyBrief] Radiation rockets on sale toterrorists

[Gerry Blackwood]

"His answer?  He said he is a journalist first, then
an American.  Therefore it was his duty to keep his
mouth shut,"

This is why we have a category known as "friend Fire
accidents".......

--- John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote:
> That certainly sounds like a simplist answer.  How
> did
> the class debate the issues?  Sorry you had to waste
> your time going to college, but obviously the
> discourse did not affect your ability to make your
> own
> decisions.  Maybe college professors are not as
> influencial as we give them credit for. 
> Nevertheless,
> this story makes for good newsreporter bashing.
> 
> --- "Glenn R. Marshall"
> <GRMarshall at philotechnics.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Considering the source, this is not at all
> > surprising.  I remember watching an old PBS show
> as
> > part of an Ethics class (if you ever want to see
> why
> > the world is so screwed up, take and ethics class
> > and look at the drivel our professors are
> shoveling
> > down the throat of your college student - at your
> > expense).  Anyway, one our beloved TV news
> magazine
> > reporters (I know who it was but I suppose it
> > doesn't matter right now) was asked by the
> moderator
> > what he would do if, as a battlefield reporter, he
> > obtained reliable information that the Army
> division
> > he was covering was walking into an ambush where
> > they would all be slaughtered.  His answer?  He
> said
> > he is a journalist first, then an American. 
> > Therefore it was his duty to keep his mouth shut,
> > move to a safe location, and report news of the
> > slaughter.  All the while feigning shock and
> horror,
> > I imagine.  Guess it sells more advertising
> > space....
> > 
> > Glenn Marshall
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gerry Blackwood
> [mailto:gpblackwood at yahoo.com]
> > 
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:28 PM
> > To: Daily Brief; Rad Safe; PMCS; Johnmacsgroup
> > Subject: [ RadSafe ] Fwd: [DailyBrief] Radiation
> > rockets on sale toterrorists
> > 
> > The title of this news report should  have been,
> > "When Reporters Cross the Line"
> >  . . .
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "Embarrassed, obscure and feeble sentences are
> generally, if not always, the result of embarrassed,
> obscure and feeble thought."
> Hugh Blair, 1783
> 
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
> 
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"Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality."