THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - AN ORGANIZATION WITHOUT JUDGMENT OR DECENCY

Blackfive.net ^ | 9/4/09 | Matt Burden

[jdfromny]

In the Politico today, Secretary Gates admonishes the AP for publishing a photo of Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard dying in Afghanistan:

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is objecting “in the strongest terms” to an Associated Press decision to transmit a photograph showing a mortally wounded 21-year-old Marine in his final moments of life, calling the decision “appalling” and a breach of “common decency.”

The AP reported that the Marine’s father had asked – in an interview and in a follow-up phone call — that the image, taken by an embedded photographer, not be published.

AP reported in a story that it decided to make the image public anyway because it “conveys the grimness of war and the sacrifice of young men and women fighting it.”

[jdfromny]

"This editor's note was in the sidebar next to the above statement in the Portland (Maine) Press Herald:

EDITOR'S NOTE

Although the Associated Press chose to distribute a photo of Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard taken shortly after he was mortally wounded, we believe that running the photo would be in poor taste and have chosen not to run it."

Ahah, so there are decent editors!

And if you want to see what happens when a lefty gets on the bad side of Matt, search the term:

"Jay Grodner"

And it all started with this:

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2007/12/anti-military-l.html

[FlingWingFlyer]

This Marine and the freedom he stood for means nothing to the commie piggies at the Ass. Press. All they care about is themselves and how much money they are making.

[dsc]

I love it that so many people these days are seeing the media for what they are.

Charles Winninger in “Nothing Sacred”
“I’ll tell you briefly what I think of newspapermen: the hand of God reaching down into the mire couldn’t elevate one of them to the depths of degradation—not by a million miles.”

[areukiddingme1]

"Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard"

God Bless You!

[Jet Jaguar]

I would suggest you dig into Julie Jacobson (the AP Photojournalist) and her family, via facebook, myspace, and twitter. See what you can find out and publish for the world to see.

Justify it as journalism and the public has a right to know.

Just saying.

[jdfromny]

Gee, had that RPG hit her square between her eyes:

1) Would she want someone there to record the good marksmanship of the Taliban?

or

2) How fast would the media propel her to instant Joe Rosenthal fame?

[icwhatudo]

[icwhatudo]

Julie Jacobson is a staff photographer for the Associated Press, based in San Francisco.

[icwhatudo]

Blue Valley High School Stanley, KS Class of 1987
University of Kansas - Journalism, Lawrence, KS Class of 1992
Kansas City Star Newspaper, Kansas city, KS
Kansas City Star Newspaper, Kansas city, KS
Associated Press, San francisco, CA
Associated Press, New york, NY

[jdfromny]

Here Julie gets stoned with some Afghans. Hell she’s from San Fran. They invented family High. Click More Info for the credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ7-Wlx_czU

[Jet Jaguar]

Well done.

[AliVeritas]

Oh btw...

Saddam had a AP snitch (we already know CNN let people die without reporting so they could keep a spot there the first time in Iraq)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2332600/posts?page=1

[Humble Servant]

Anybody got an email link to send AP comments?

[prairiebreeze]

The AP should get an earful from the public on this. This is disgraceful.

AP Contact Info

[prairiebreeze]

Please see post 15