This just in. "War is Hell". At least, according to Joe The Plumber, who is now on assignment as a war correspondent covering the conflict between Israel and Gaza, on the way to his Pulitzer, no doubt.
As if to emphasize that this hell is his own very personal kind of hell, he continued "I’m sure they’re taking quick showers, I know I would, s0 you can’t plan your day, you can’t take a picnic.“ Gaza, my God, still Gaza.
Not since Mario was sent into Koopa to rescue the Princess has an idea this amazingly inane surfaced. I weep for all media.
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Call him Joe The Reporter. He's probably going to bring a different perspective. Anyway, what have you learned from the reporting there now? Gaza's being bombed. Israel had rockets shot at it. I bet the plumbing in Gaza could use a little work too.
I may get a ton of hate mail, but someone has to say it:
Can he just NOT come back? How much longer will he drag out his 15 minutes of fame? We all hate you, Joe the lying, no-business owning, tax evading unlicensed Plumber. Go the hell away.
Joe has paid his $1,000 tax lien, he didn't need a plumbing license for the kind of work he did, and I'm not sure which lie you're talking about. But other than that, good point. He does not own his own business. How dare he ask Obama about taxes?
As for his reporting over there, I agree that he's in over his head. I can't believe he fell for that fake CPR video. Leave it to the professionals, Joe!
What fake CPR vid Jim? Is there a link?
First he was a make-believe plumber, then he was a make-believe business owner with a make-believe income, then he was a make-believe campaign shill, then he was a make-believe author, then he was a make-believe singer, and now he's a make-believe reporter. I don't see what the problem here is. He's proved he can shovel it with the best of them.
Okay, the guy may be a dolt and an sucker but I don't see why he needs any qualifications for being a "journalist". Shit half the broadcast news folks are just pretty faces reading a teleprompter. Rarely do they have a follow up question that isn't a talking point or genuinely insightful.
Joe's perfect for just nodding his head and talking about shit he doesn't understand. That's what most of them do anyway & they've had training.
I posted a link to the video, E, but it didn't go up.
Baierman - Declining journalism education standards and bottom line focus pressures have negatively impacted what news consumers have access to but this doesn't change that it's a very real profession requiring a lot more than airfare for Joe the Plumber and someone to point a camera at him.
To put it into perspective, over at Boing Boing today there's a post about a journalist who was murdered in the very common and high risk search, documentation, and distribution of a story.
Before so casually dismissing the career, perhaps in the future you will consider criticizing specific individuals instead of making sweeping generalizations about those whose workplace related deaths are the result of being murdered *70% of the time.
*Committee to Protect Journalists
Well you can slam down on him, but for decades being a war correspondent was the way that anyone broke into the national media. Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Huntly & Brinkley and all the rest got their chops by going overseas into war zones.
Its a really crappy way to try to make a name for yourself because you're slogging through the mud UNARMED while shrapnel and bullets fly around you. And unless you've been in that position, you have no business making fun of anyone of EITHER party for going into harm's way.....
(Used to be a radio jouralist myself.)
Can't you see the future progression of assignments for Joe the Plumber:
-- Joe will visit the North Pole to prove that it is, in fact, not melting.
-- Then Joe will visit Togo to explain why things were better under colonialism
-- Then Joe will visit San Fransisco and give a detailed exposition on the City of Sin.
-- Then Joe will visit YesButNoButYes and condemn its love for women's underwear and bacon. Many readers will leave, their hearts pinched with guilt.
So you see, you have to stop him now, before he inevitably causes your downfall.
mds, even granting what you say for the sake of argument, there's no reason to begrudge JTP the right to go somewhere and report things himself, is there? You mention journalism education, but isn't it the case that there is no license for journalists?
It's funny, JTP has been upbraided here for not being a licensed plumber. Sounds like sour grapes on the reporters part. Maybe take a picture of building in Gaza blowing up as well as Brian Williams can. Guess that bothers y'all.
"Maybe he [JTP] can take a picture ..."
Is there a bulls eye somewhere near where he can stand for a couple hours?
Does no one see the Darwinism at work here?
We're holding on to our good journalists (and cute ones like Anderson Cooper) and sending someone who isn't busy over there...
maybe YBNBY can send Julian as well....
okay, off to my job...just so he doesn't think he scared me off....
"Before so casually dismissing the career, perhaps in the future you will consider criticizing specific individuals instead of making sweeping generalizations about those whose workplace related deaths are the result of being murdered *70% of the time."
As a public service, here are some other important careers with even higher workplace related murder percentages that you should stop wanking, Baier.
- web administrator
- Tom Jones impersonator
- proctologist
- Yankee Stadium vendor
- roadkill specialist
- Steve Jobs' personal assistant
- Chinese Gymnastics Team coach
- Member of the Wyoming Mime Appreciation Society
Got more? e-mail them to MyJobIsMoreDangerousThanYourJob(at)HolyThanThou(dot)com.
Good points Tim. Porn Store Janitor's a risky gig too doncha know.
so there mds .. nanner nanner boo boo !