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Is there a point you're trying to make?

UM Why yes there is a point. The Media are the enemy.



Is there a point you're trying to make?

Oh. I should have known your point would be an absurd one.

Are the media's rights protected by the Geneva Conventions?

UM Why yes there is a point. The Media are the enemy.

I don't think its just the media. It's people that dont agree with you.

Isnt the media there to try and tell the world whats going on,NOT be a propaganda tool for any political opinion,isnt that part of what its all about.

well you have to admit its kind of sick that the NY times and such would rather get a picture of an enemy sniper than actually try to PROTECT american troops..

and then they actually COMPLAIN about the troops dying.. i mean hey, why don't you go and kill that sniper... thats a good start.

and then they actually COMPLAIN about the troops dying.. i mean hey, why don't you go and kill that sniper... thats a good start.
Are you saying that our news teams and photojournalists need to aid the troops in combat? That's quite the statement.

gmsisko1 is wrong. The media is not the enemy. The left wing, liberal media is the enemy. The New York Times is the enemy. Death to Pinch and his minions.:hitout:

well you have to admit its kind of sick that the NY times and such would rather get a picture of an enemy sniper than actually try to PROTECT american troops..

and then they actually COMPLAIN about the troops dying.. i mean hey, why don't you go and kill that sniper... thats a good start.
How long do you think this news crew would last if they had reported this sniper to the US Army,five minutes,less.I would imagine it is a difficult position to find yourself in,but theres nothing nice about any conflict,and the more people who are shown these things,hopefully the more people will come to the decision that talking,if possibles better than fighting.
Im in favour of tv showing full graphic images of what happens,not censored ones,that would upset us at our evening dinner.

Aren't these shiites or sunnis trying to get the invaders of their country to leave?

Im in favour of tv showing full graphic images of what happens,not censored ones,that would upset us at our evening dinner.I agree. Unfortunately 9/11 images have all but disappeared.

I think this thread speaks for itself. Here is an American reporter in a room with a man trying to kill another american. And watching it happen.
Doesn't that seem bizarre to anyone besides gm?
Are we that caught up in debate here that we don't see this?

I think this thread speaks for itself.

So do I. It's appalling that all you have to do is show a controversial picture and add a controversial suggestion and people start saying the dumbest things, like suggesting that the photographer should have attacked the sniper.


Here is an American reporter in a room with a man trying to kill another american. And watching it happen.
Doesn't that seem bizarre to anyone besides gm?
Are we that caught up in debate here that we don't see this?

I don't see it because as far as I know it isn't true. The photo was credited to Joao Silva, a Portuguese South African contracted to the NYT. To my knowledge, no Americans were anywhere near this sniper.

I don't see it because as far as I know it isn't true. The photo was credited to Joao Silva, a Portuguese South African contracted to the NYT. To my knowledge, no Americans were anywhere near this sniper.then replace "american" with "Portugese" in my comments, since Portugal has soldiers there.

The New York Times is the enemy.

Yes.....I reached the same conclusion, but for pretty much the opposite reasoning as you.

I concluded that the NYTimes were the enemy of the American People when i saw that bunch of status quo journalistic lapdogs bowing and scraping --as they always do in those matters of utmost importance-- to G W Bush and the G.O.P in helping to sell the Admistration's ridiculous and unfounded LIES about the "tons of WMDs" that Iraq supposedly possessed, thus aiding and abetting Bush in fomenting his phony assed goddamned war.

Death to Pinch and his minions.:hitout:

Death to any Media outlet (IOW, the vast majority of them) in the U.S. who (like the NYTimes did with the lead up to war in Iraq) refuses to tell the American People the truth, prefering to peddle the lies of the ruling ConservaFascists, for the furtherance of their warmongering, anti-human agenda.

:upyours:

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The idea that we have an opposing liberal and conservative media is a preposterous farce. The Corporate-owned mainstream Media, especially the talk radio shills, do not report anything that would cast negative opinions on ruling classes.....i.e., *the Administration*.

I agree. Unfortunately 9/11 images have all but disappeared.

I think this thread speaks for itself. Here is an American reporter in a room with a man trying to kill another american. And watching it happen.
Doesn't that seem bizarre to anyone besides gm?
Are we that caught up in debate here that we don't see this?In this reporter's defense, we don't know exactly what situation he was in. Perhaps he just wasn't able to do anything about it, and perhaps he didn't even know that he would find himself in such a situation.

But what pissed me off was this little comment here:
Michele McNally: “Right there with the Mahdi army. Incredible courage.”

How about mentioning the courage of the guys who that sniper was shooting at? Or the courage that the soldiers in Iraq display every day? No, it's only this photographer's courage that must be singled out for praise.

then replace "american" with "Portugese" in my comments, since Portugal has soldiers there.

Uh Brooks, the photographer is a South African.

In this reporter's defense, we don't know exactly what situation he was in. Perhaps he just wasn't able to do anything about it, and perhaps he didn't even know that he would find himself in such a situation.


Perhaps he's not a soldier, just a photographer.

Where is this outrage coming from?

'Prehaps he wasnt able to do anything about it',he done his job,took fotos of the sniper,isnt that what journalists do,-observe and report.Or in this case capture images.

'Prehaps he wasnt able to do anything about it',he done his job,took fotos of the sniper,isnt that what journalists do,-observe and report.Or in this case capture images.

Yeah, but according to our fearless leader, "If you're not with us, you're against us".

I cannot comprehend the anger that's being directed at a South African photographer for taking pictures of the Iraqi insurgents. It's completely baffling why anyone with even a modicum of intelligence would feel that what he did was wrong in any way.

Well let me give you another scenario,as we've all seen the pictures on tv,you could say the photographer was very brave,why,I could see about a thousand rounds hitting that room within ten seconds.