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.
>> 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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