Embedded Patsies: Suddenly Leftist media doesn't want journalists to get close to their subjects

American Prowler ^ | Thursday, March 27, 2003 | George Neumayr

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[Adrastus]

If todays reporters had any testicular fortitude at all, they'd get in their rental car in Kuwait city and head north. The highway from Kuwait city to Basra is hard to miss. I just know they would have a warm reception from the iraqi military. What a boon it would be for us, the reading public to be privy to an interview with a real member of the Saddam Fedayeen.

Personally, I'd encourage some of the intrepid "journalists" to show some initiative and do some real reporting.Break out of the staight-jacket of "embedded" reporting.Go get it, guys.

[skeeter]

This left wing whining is sweet music to my ears. I hate the bastards.

[kevao]

Does anyone know the number of "embedded" journalists in Iraq?

[proud American in Canada]

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thanks for posting.

[Poodlebrain]

How many "embedded" reporters are their in Washington, D.C.? Don't you think their familiarity with their sources will color their "objectivity"?

I wonder how many of them Mr. Gabler considers "patsies"?

[js1138]

the really great thing is that eventually these reporters will eventually come home and infect the rest of the industry. A few of them are likely to carry their name and face recognition into major careers.

[CrimeOf73]

The Guardian, for example, is available at www.guardian.co.uk.," says Los Angeles Times media columnist Tim Rutten.

LOL. The Left has become its own caricature.

[gulfcoast6]

Gabler and Salon, tell you something?

[Mike Darancette]

I wonder how many of them Mr. Gabler considers "patsies"?

Any newsman that will not invent stories that demean the troops they travel with.

[Cicero]

Buy a thesaurus, nattering nabobs!

Concerned, disconcerted, distressed, disturbed, troubled, worried, uneasy, apprehensive, anxious, solicitous, yuppified.

[Centurion2000]

Hmmm ... we figured this out even before the bullets started flying and NOW the liberals are just figuring it out ?? Say a lot about their intelligence right away.

There are NO NEUTRALS in a firefight.

[bart99]

There are some "independent" journalists in Iraq..... and some, wandering away from military units, have been caught and killed by the Iraqis.

Ya want more of them wandering about?? *sigh*

[jpl]

Salon still hasn't gone out of business yet?

[two23]

There was an article the other day that said some stuff was found and that the DoD is waiting for reporters to get there before they open it.

[texasbluebell]

And now that I think about it some more, I'm not even certain that Georgie S. was even in Iraq, but more likely in Kuwait! Even that must have been too much for him!

[Adrastus]

Not me. No.

I'd want them headed north, where they could do some real reporting. Not this plastic stuff.

I guess the attrition rate might be a bit higher than usual, but just think of the quality of their stories.

[Kibbylou]

Dear Neal, it's called free speech.

[Cooter]

I don't think he wasn't even in Kuwait. He was in Qatar.

[texasbluebell]

Yes, I caught myself, wasn't sure where he was, but apparently he is no longer there!