Posted on 06/23/2005 10:45:35 PM PDT by Moose Dung
Linda Foley's Screed +fake apology
Note to the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (or whatever youre calling yourselves these days): I was just re-elected president of The Newspaper Guild-CWA, and Im not resigning.
That said, let me address the rest of this column to the people who really matter: the members of The Newspaper Guild.
In case you missed it, for about a month I have been subjected to what I would characterize as a right-wing screed over some comments I made at the National Media Reform Conference in St. Louis on May 13. The comments (which I wont repeat here) were about journalists getting killed in Iraq and criticized how the U.S. military has dealt with those deaths.
[She won't but I will: "Journalists, by the way, are not just being targeted verbally or ah, or ah, politically. They are also being targeted for real, um in places like Iraq. What outrages me as a representative of journalists is that theres not more outrage about the number, and the brutality, and the cavalier nature of the U.S. military toward the killing of journalists in Iraq.
They target and kill journalists uh, from other countries, particularly Arab countries like Al -, like Arab news services like Al-Jazeera, for example. They actually target them and blow up their studios with impunity "]
If I made a mistake, it was in trying to cover the issues surrounding safety for journalists in Iraq in an off-the-cuff way. I regret that my in-artful phraseology, and the storm it incited on the right, may detract from a critically important issue for journalists, especially those who cover war.
READ IT ALL - IF YOU CAN STOMACH IT
(Excerpt) Read more at newsguild.org ...
Her inability to fathom people's disgust astounds me.
If you have comments to share with Ms. Foley she can be reached at:
lfoley@cwa-union.org
Dung.
When I first began reading this article, I had to double-check to make sure that it wasn't a parody.
Never heard of her.
Never heard of her organization.
Just another America-hating hag.
It's "unartful", MS. Professional Wordsmith.
Pass the bucket!
The Newspaper Guild is a left-wing labor union, and it shares the same treacherous motives as all its "brother" unions.
Moral confusion is being pedaled by the MSM! They make far out accusations, can't support them, fail to retract them, then apologize if you misunderstood them and apologize further for you being offending.
That's moral confusion!
That's Linda Foley, president of the reporters union.
ThirstyMan
Allow me to take this opportunity as an object lesson in how to admit a mistake and make a proper apology:
Dear ThirstyMan,
You are correct. I mislabled the post as Austin Bay when it clearly should have been labled "Hiawatha Bray." I was wrong and for that I am sorry. Thank you for taking the time to point out the error. I will try to be more attentive when I post in the future.
With sincere regards,
dung.
Sincerity -10
Brevity - 10
Courtesy - 10
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Sincerity -10
Brevity - 10
Courtesy - 10
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What did the Russian judge give him?
The poor schmuck died playing Russian roulette with a 9 mm.
...hold an investigation that Ms. Foley and her ilk find satisfying.
Well done dung! You stated what the mistake was. You accepted responsibility for the mistake and you assured me that you'd try not to make that same mistake again. Nice!
Your sincere and "proper apology" is accepted. : )
I can see why she is upset.
Liberal journalists tend to use exhibitionism as a means to usurp the rights of others. Witness such an example in the above article. Pathetic. Journalistic "endeavors" should trump winning a war? Ask certain liberal journalists. Pathetic.
It is all about them.
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