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

[John Jacobus]

Do you have any proof that a reporter had information
that could have saved lives?  This is all speculation,
and "what if's."  It is a bunch of cheap, anti-news
media shots.  

--- Gerry Blackwood <gpblackwood at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Any reporter who is embedded and refuses to release
> any raw Intel that would SAVE US lives that he is
> reporting on should be S H O T! What is he going to
> do save his own ass and let others possible die for
> the sake of a news story? Screw him and his
> morals.... Then any reporter who gets himself
> captured should NOT be placed on any potential
> rescue list by any US Military Unit....... Let Mr.
> AQ have him........ 
> 
> John Jacobus <crispy_bird at yahoo.com> wrote: We have
> friendly fire accidents do to a lack of
> intelligence and the "fog of war." It is not due to
> news reporters.
> 
> --- Gerry Blackwood wrote:
> > "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 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"
> > > 
> > > 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."
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "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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> 


+++++++++++++++++++
"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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