[ RadSafe ] Fwd: [DailyBrief] Radiation rockets on sale toter rorists

[John Jacobus]

Did the reporter know they were going to shoot down a
plane?  Sounds like an anecdotally story.  I imagine
that a lot of reports would have liked to see stories
that where not "supplied" by our U.S. military. 
Propaganda is propaganda. "In bedding" reports is a
just another way to manipulate the press. 

So Pol Pot went to college.  So did Richard Nixon,
both President Bushes, Ronald Reagan, you (I assume),
me, etc.  You make your own life. 


Most of this is not radiation safety related, so let's
move on.

--- "Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj at aecl.ca> wrote:

> Actually John, there was a "real live" story very
> similar to this just last
> year.
> A journalist in Iraq was invited to film the
> shooting-down of a US cargo
> airliner near Baghdad airport, by insurgents.
> They succeeded in hitting the plane's wing, causing
> serious damage, but the
> pilots were skillfull enough to land the plane
> safely. 
> Pictures from the film, and post-landing shots of
> the wrecked wing, were
> published in various media, including Aviation Week,
> crediting the reporter.
> Of course there were also letters in AW criticising
> the reporter, along the
> lines of Glenn's comment.
> As for college professors not being influential, I
> can recall a few
> characters who began their notorious careers by
> being "educated" in classes
> like those mentioned by Glenn, notably Pol Pot (in
> Paris)
> 
> Jaro 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday May 11, 2005 8:45 AM
> To: Glenn R. Marshall; Gerry Blackwood; Daily Brief;
> Rad Safe; PMCS;
> Johnmacsgroup
> Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] Fwd: [DailyBrief] Radiation
> rockets on sale
> toterrorists
> 
> 
> 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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+++++++++++++++++++
"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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