Monday, January 30

What About The Soldiers?

Yeah, Bob Woodruff and his camerman got hurt. Seriously hurt. But are they really more newsworthy than the American soldiers who are over there? Aren't our men and women getting hurt (and killed) by the same roadside bombs?

Always annoys the piss out of me that "news-celebs" get a bunch of press for "risking their lives" to cover a story when Joe Soldier barely gets a mention, if any, for actually being in Iraq fighting a war. Piss on Bob and his colleagues. Are we supposed to think more of their journalistic integrity because they willingly went to Iraq? And it doesn't really matter if it's Bob or some other journalist, like the late David Bloom, for example.

Of course, this subject has nothing to do with whether or not I agree with the "war". It's how stories such as Woodruff's is covered and then subsequently shoved down our throats. Gag me.