Posted on 07/14/2008 12:50:13 PM PDT by Bill Dupray
Hey, at least he got the shot, right? Isn't that all that matters? I mean come on, he's a photo-journalist for goodness sake. He can't inject himself into the story. That would be a breach of journalistic ethics. A real credit to his profession, this guy. Photos, but no video.
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>> It’s difficult for me to generate any feelings of sympathy for members of the media that get killed over there. Sure, some aren’t MSM slime, but so many are that it’s difficult to keep track (like there’s some kind of 50/50 balance). Not wishing violent death on ‘journalists’ you understand, just not bothered by it when they become the victims.
I see it a little bit as an “assumption of risk”. Military men put themselves in the line of fire out of patriotism, duty, and honor. They fight for a cause ... and when they die, they die with honor and the respect of a grateful nation who realizes that their sacrifice will save the lives of many American civilians. They toil in anonymity for the betterment of their country.
Journalists assume the same risk as a soldier. They voluntarily go into a war-zone with the knowledge that they could very well not return. But, generally speaking, they do so for no higher cause ... they serve only the interests of fame and fortune. They want to be loved, known and given awards. They are self-aggrandizing, rather than serving their country.
There are exceptions, of course — like Tony Snow, for instance. Brit Hume. Bret Baier. Tim Russert. These are honorable men who understand that they owe their very “freedom of the press” to the soldiers they cover.
Those journalists who would equate their sacrifice with that of a soldier, simply because of the known danger, misunderstand the sacrifice of a soldier.
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How about leaving the assignment and calling in the friggin’ Marines?
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The military must have changed. I was unaware that Marines would set up a fire mission in response to an AP photog on assignment.
It’s quite easy to get up in arms over this kind of stuff. It is an outrage. But getting all hysterical over it is a bit unbecoming. Anything the camera guy would have done to try to stop would have ensured only that there would be a third body (his) next to the 2 women.
Throwing his camera wouldn’t have done much. He was fairly brave for covering this as they could have killed him for recording it had they decided.
Next line of inquiry is whether the photog is a Taliban sympathizer.
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Same reply as to Dangus. How about leaving the assignment and calling in the friggin’ Marines? It is, after all, only a job. And that is a double murder. And if you want to say he’s a journalist, then it looks like good propaganda to remind all the women in the Muslim world what will happen to them if they do not obey their lords and masters.
Then again maybe the Marines will find them anyway and the journalist might accidentally be on the receiving end of a JDAM. Maybe he can send that shot back to AP. Or not.
yes we will punish all those who disobey sharia law after my inauguration...I may beat the dhimmis myself with this stick....
“journalistic ethics” is a contradiction in terms.
He probably would have been killed... maybe the film will help the world understand the horror...
Whenever I hear of this it sickens me. OTOH, if any journalist were to interfere it would be open season on journalists and none would ever be allowed the access needed to show the world the true nature of our enemy. I couldn’t be a journalist.
If it bleeds, it leads... barf
Perhaps this is true of TV news journalist maybe even news paper journalist.
I can not however see how this would be true of photo and TV Camera journalist.
Awards and public acclaim is rare for photo journalist today and even more rare for TV camera men.
There is the Pulitzer Prize for photo journalism but I can not think of one for TV cameramen.
The only famous TV camera man I can remember is the one that died with that Senator that got gunned down by the Jimmy Jones Cult. But I can’t remember his name.
So I don’t think I can agree with you on this fame and fortune motive for camera men.
And for what ever they are getting paid it isn’t likely to be enough in my opinion. But then I don’t think soldiers are paid enough either.
And after photo..
Clear enough?
Is this a trick?
They are posting for me......I can see them.
The question came up, if you were with the NVA and they had planned an ambush on American troops would you warn the soldiers.
I think it was Peter Jennings who first said he probably would. After being castigated for his view, he apologized for his view.
So let’s see, you could throw your camera at them. Or, if you’re as fast as the Flash AND you have the authority of a Marine commander, you could maybe go get the Marines (do you have any idea exactly how far away they were?). Wait, wait, you can can threaten to use that handy-dandy suitcase nuke you just happened to pick up on the black market. Or he could have thrown himself in front of the bullets in hopes the Taliban killers would have been so impressed they would have spared the women.
Those are the best ideas I can come up with. I can’t believe he didn’t try any of them.
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