British Hero dies saving NY Times reporter

[Hazcat]

Uh, guys...it's embedded not imbeded.

[fightingquaker13]

Uh, guys...it's embedded not imbeded.

Thanks Haz, I honestly didn't know which was correct. Now if only those guys would stop carrying around clips....
FQ13

[ratcatcher55]

From the AP

In a New York Times Web blog this month, Munadi wrote that he would never leave Afghanistan permanently and that "being a journalist is not enough; it will not solve the problems of Afghanistan. I want to work for the education of the country, because the majority of people are illiterate."


FQ13,

Does that sound like an agenda to you?

My problem with the NYT and others is that they no longer report news without a bias, typically from a view point I strongly disagree with. They fail to report that their reporters are held but blast all over the front page about contractors and servicemen.

If I want to know whats going on I read Michael Yons blog.

[cooptire]

My point, is that the news organizations are hypocritical in the extreme. No is arguing that we shouldn't have the reporters there. I saying that the only time they are 'quiet' due to concern about someone's safety, is when it is one of their own. They are almost never quiet when someone else's life is at stake. Or have the common decency to withhold a photo when asked by a family member.

[WatchManUSA]

I guess there are English teachers everywhere...

FQ, my point is Farrell’s actions contributed to the needless deaths of two people.  Without the actions of Farrell neither would have been exposed to peril in that situation.

Granted, all parties knew the dangers but that does not excuse nor expunge Farrell’s responsibility for his actions.

I don't dispute that there is need for journalists to doggedly pursue the truth.  The problem is the MSM does not do that today.  They seem to want to follow an agenda.  Their stories seem to follow a template.  Very few are critical of a liberal point-of-view as they are a conservative one.  This fact wouldn’t be so bad if their editors pushed a balanced way of reporting but they don’t.

We used to have a media that was more balanced.  However, I supposed the media has always been skewed more to the left. 

Wouldn’t it be refreshing if today’s journalists who interview people or cover stories, regardless of the person or the subject of the story, keep one little question in the back of their mind, “Why is this guy (person) lying to me?”

But alas me thinks that will never happen again…

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[Pathfinder]

The hypocrisy of the Time and the AP - among others - know no bounds. They are truly despicable, especially when they keep a straight face and claim they are "news" agencies. They are part of the leftwing that is striving to destroy this country and hope to retain power as the mouthpieces of the powers that come after a democratic republic.

I worry sometimes that there just won't be enough rope, either for them or for us, whoever wins.

[fightingquaker13]

The hypocrisy of the Time and the AP - among others - know no bounds. They are truly despicable, especially when they keep a straight face and claim they are "news" agencies. They are part of the leftwing that is striving to destroy this country and hope to retain power as the mouthpieces of the powers that come after a democratic republic.

I worry sometimes that there just won't be enough rope, either for them or for us, whoever wins.

Path
You seriously need to chill. Remember that a democratic republic includes folks that disagree with you and your vision of the country. If we define "patriots" as people we agree with it will be a damn small country. To quote (paraphrase) Franklin "Everyone is strange save me and thee, and even thee are a bit strange". Conformity to one idea or vision, or one religion is totalitarianism. Don't let yourself become the enemy Path. Seriously, think about it. I'm not kidding here either.
FQ13

[cooptire]

Path
You seriously need to chill. Remember that a democratic republic includes folks that disagree with you and your vision of the country. If we define "patriots" as people we agree with it will be a damn small country. To quote (paraphrase) Franklin "Everyone is strange save me and thee, and even thee are a bit strange". Conformity to one idea or vision, or one religion is totalitarianism. Don't let yourself become the enemy Path. Seriously, think about it. I'm not kidding here either.
FQ13

Dude, this is not about disagreement. It IS about a press that CLAIMS to be UNbiased but is, in reality, very biased. Biased in almost everyone's eye's, except their own.

[twyacht]

The NYT should have "negotiated" his release, after all, it's their ilk that is against war and "talking with the Taliban", is in their eyes" the thing to do....

Next time they can hire the UN or NATO negotiators that should get the "journalist" released, or beheaded in several months....

[Pathfinder]

Path
You seriously need to chill. Remember that a democratic republic includes folks that disagree with you and your vision of the country. If we define "patriots" as people we agree with it will be a damn small country. To quote (paraphrase) Franklin "Everyone is strange save me and thee, and even thee are a bit strange". Conformity to one idea or vision, or one religion is totalitarianism. Don't let yourself become the enemy Path. Seriously, think about it. I'm not kidding here either.
FQ13

Drongo!

I like the Franklin quote, not the first time I've heard it. But your definition of "totalitarianism" may be a bit off (I'm being subtle here for no apparent reason - it is way off). Your definition can also describe a village with survival needs, or a nation with a single vision, like JFK focusing this country on reaching the moon before the end of the decade.

But you completely missed my point - the press is biased and hypocritical while piously proclaiming they are not. Period. That was it.

Drongo indeed!