Should Joe the Plumber teach a course on how to be a REAL journalist?
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424929024&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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'Samuel Wurzelbacher of Ohio, aka Joe the Plumber, arrived in Sderot at noon Sunday to show local and foreign reporters how to do it right.
“You should be ashamed of yourself,” he told foreign reporters.
“You should be patriotic, protect your family and children, not report like you have been doing for the past two weeks since this war has started,” he said.
Wurzelbacher, the man who stole the limelight from Republican presidential candidate John McCain during the American election campaign, has found a new job - as a correspondent for the Internet Web sites PJTV and Pajamas Media.
Armed with a camera and a temporary Government Press Office card, he got a taste of reality in Sderot, visiting a house hit by a Kassam rocket two weeks ago and experiencing a “Code Red” alert first-hand. He also observed and reported from the house where a Kassam landed on Sunday afternoon.
…”Do you think this is normal, the way you cover this conflict and give away information to your enemy?” he asked the journalists that gathered around him.
“It makes me sick to see the way you behave - you guys need to be protective of your homes, your children, your family.”
“I am angry,” he said, “and this is why I came here.”'
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Perhaps some American mainstream reporters should register for the course.
Well he certainly has the right idea given the fact that many of our national security secrets have been discovered and released to the public by new organizations like the New York Times. But then, I guess that's what happens when you have nothing more than a journalism degree and a liberal arts education.
Talk soon,
Joe Beaven
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Edna N Says:
He wasn't even a real plumber……geesh.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Not So Great American Says:
…”Do you think this is normal, the way you cover this conflict and give away information to your enemy?”
Only journos I remember doing this are Geraldo while reporting for Fox News and Matt Drudge spreading gossip about Prince Harry's deployment location.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 9:55 am
RU Quazee Says:
I guess Joe ain't been bought yet. Imagine that, truth in the news.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Dream team Sarah Pale & Joe Plum Says:
No, he should take one.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Phil M Says:
Yes, because everyone likes to be told what and how to do their jobs by an uneducated, untrained and ignorant person.
He shows up for one day and thinks he knows the real story, doesn't surprise me that he votes GOP.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 11:30 am
whimsy Says:
It seems to me, according to your quotes, he is doing nothing other than interjecting opinion and nothing as to actual reporting…
I expect Joe to be illegally fixing Fox' toilets, in the future.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Franklin Says:
Unless we're talking about plunging something NOBODY CARES ABOUT JOE THE IDIOT. He's not even a licensed plumber. Maybe the conservative movement (or whatever is left of it) should get behind somebody other then an unlicensed plumber.
P.S. Did you mean "real journalists" like Geraldo of Fox News who broadcast US troop positions to the enemy? Maybe Joe should go teach them something at Fox.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
screw-u-guys-i'm-going-home Says:
lol, who the hell made HIM the "go to" guy? his arrogance is laughable
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Cut Throat B**** Says:
I think the comparison to Geraldo is right on. It's only a matter of time before somebody breaks his nose.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
JMB Says:
He gave up on the online OBGYN program he started already to be a journalist? Hmmm
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Da Diva #9~~Steeler Nation Says:
I'm waiting for the punchline because this has to be a joke.
I've heard of having role models but to take a non-licensed plumber and to look up to him as if he is the next great thing is a hot mess.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Elway_the_Cat Says:
Oh yes, because giving your opinion without thought for consequences automatically makes him a bang up reporter. Maybe Joe can instead teach a course about something he knows about. Like plumbing. Oops, that's right. He's not a licensed plumber. Maybe he can teach a course about tax codes. Oops, that's right. He doesn't even pay his own taxes.
Maybe Joe should teach a course on "How to Extend Your Pathetic 15 Minutes of Fame." Now THAT he knows something about.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Rocket34 Says:
Joe's form of journalism was also described in a movie…
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html
The press laid down and died in front of Bush, which is part of the reason why there was little opposition to Bush in his rush to war in Iraq. Advertisers friendly to Bush threatened news media outlets if they were critical of Bush in the run up to the war.
Under Joe's journalistic watch, all Republicans would get away with every form of crime ever thought of.
Joe the Plumber thinks that being a Christian gives him some exclusive form of wisdom that allows him to look down at the media.
Being a Christian and a journalist, I find him to be absolutely absurd, that he has NO IDEA what he's talking about.
Conducting journalism the way he wants would lead to the ***ABSOLUTE DOWNFALL*** of our society as we know it.
Joe the Plumber ought to be ashamed of himself.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
BadgerFarm Says:
Nah. He's really bad at journalism.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Your horns are showing Morris. Says:
Have you actually read his "Journalism"?
He has the reading comprehension of a third grader.
Get real!
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
bob_frangione2000 Says:
So fr, he has done nothing but complain about real journalists. If he is really interested in fair and balanced reporting, he will have to go to Gaza to see and report on what is going on there as well.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
ritchwilliams Says:
Well he certainly has the right idea given the fact that many of our national security secrets have been discovered and released to the public by new organizations like the New York Times. But then, I guess that's what happens when you have nothing more than a journalism degree and a liberal arts education.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Holy Cow Says:
Oh my yes, he's clearly unbiased and not injecting himself into the story.
Yeap, a real impartial observer just reporting the facts.
End sarcasm.
Looks more like that he needs a course in journalism.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
!( [ ;[]{ ) ]>! Says:
Joe the plumber is so jaded, that if a U.S. tank accidentally misfired and decimated an entire village; he'd say patriotism has it's drawbacks, and that casualties are a necessary evil
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Miss Kitty Says:
I would believe Joe before I would believe any of the ones we have now. Good for Joe! They don't need lessons they need to be fired.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Chronos Says:
Pajamas Media?? He said he went there because he was angry, did he? More likely someone paid his fare plus a few bucks all so that he can bask on the glow of the media spotlight, the very media is is criticizing and, temporarily, be a part of.
I wonder if anyone is honest enough with him to tell him what a fool he is making of himself.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Buck J Says:
Joe's the man!
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Thinker Says:
LOL, well if the media is gonna push him out there what better way to react then join the team. It is good to see he is ready to speak his mind regardless. I also believe he has a good point America in reporters are just as guilty if you want to know the Achilles heal of a country just watch the 6pm news, they will tell you who , what, where, and when to hit them the hardest and cause the most pain.The media's loyalty lies with their ratings nothing more.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 at 8:25 pm