CNN:Rick Sanchez: So Now You’re A Correspondent? Really, “Sam”?"

Rick, that was pretty close to the most ignorant, self-serving, and arrogant commentary I have ever heard. You are supposed to be a journalist, but that doesn’t mean I can’t call you out, so let me talk directly to you.

First of all, who are you to tell someone what name they should use? My son uses his middle name too, does that mean his opinion doesn’t count? How about my brother? He uses his middle name, too. Should his opinions be ignored? How condescending can you get?

Second, If you’re going to attack someone for what they say, attack them for what they mean, not for how you parse their words. You know what he meant. He meant that real time reporting of tactics and locations is dangerous, and that the currently entrenched media are biased. Try addressing it honestly instead of for the sake of protecting your “craft”.

Third, it is clear that the mainstream press, which means you, is feeling very threatened by the intrusion of the average joe — like Joe the Plumber, Matt Drudge, and every blogger out there, me included — into your beloved “craft”. If it was your choice, we’d all be silenced so the truth, as you and you alone tell it, can be heard.

Finally, Senator McCain and Governor Palin didn’t make “Joe the Plumber” famous. You did. You, and all of the pathetic, sound bite chasing, ratings mongering, “journalists” who dared to think that an honest question posed to “The One” by an average, random guy on the street could possibly count as news. Oh wait. It wasn’t news, was it. It was reality, and the press stopped dealing in reality a long time ago.

Joe reminded people that the truth isn’t contained only in press releases and on CNN. The truth is in honest questions, asked by honest people, and if the “real” reporters won’t ask them, somebody else has to.

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Guess Who’s Taking A Crack At International Journalism…

Something to take note of today. I want to share with you the thoughts of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher…you know, “Joe the War Correspondent”.

Yes, he’s in Israel filing reports, and here’s his analysis: (you can find his reports on the web, YouTube, etc. I don’t want to link to them here)

“I don’t think journalists should be anywhere around war. I mean, you guys report where our troops are at, you report what’s happening day to day, you make a big deal out of it, I think it’s asinine.

I think media should be abolished from, you know, reporting. War is hell.” (Samuel J. Wurzelbacher)

Samuel, let me talk to you directly.

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