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		<title>By: ICallMasICM</title>
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		<dc:creator>ICallMasICM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Im sorry but who is he?


Obviously I know who he is.



I guess I need the emoticons for the hyperbole impaired.</description>
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<p>Obviously I know who he is.</p>
<p>I guess I need the emoticons for the hyperbole impaired.</p>
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		<title>By: legion</title>
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		<dc:creator>legion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Im sorry but who is he?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;Obviously I know who he is.&lt;/blockquote&gt; 

Obviously, ICM has ahard time keeping his posts straight... and by the way,
&lt;blockquote&gt;but Id rank the importance of his injuries well below that of any soldiers and deserving of less attention.&lt;/blockquote&gt; 
In case you hadn&#039;t noticed, &lt;em&gt;that&#039;s the point of this entire thread!&lt;/em&gt; That his injuries only got as much attention as they have &lt;em&gt;because he&#039;s famous.&lt;/em&gt; Jeez.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Im sorry but who is he?</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Obviously I know who he is.</p></blockquote>
<p>Obviously, ICM has ahard time keeping his posts straight... and by the way,</p>
<blockquote><p>but Id rank the importance of his injuries well below that of any soldiers and deserving of less attention.</p></blockquote>
<p>In case you hadn't noticed, <em>that's the point of this entire thread!</em> That his injuries only got as much attention as they have <em>because he's famous.</em> Jeez.</p>
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		<title>By: ICallMasICM</title>
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		<dc:creator>ICallMasICM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>good name calling - a sign of high intelligence. Obviously I know who he is. Put him in some sort of line up and my guess is less than 2% of Americans would recognize him and I certainly wouldn&#039;t be one of them. Maybe he&#039;s &#039;famous&#039; to losers who watch network news or celebrity idolitors but I&#039;d rank the importance of his injuries well below that of any soldiers and deserving of less attention.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>good name calling - a sign of high intelligence. Obviously I know who he is. Put him in some sort of line up and my guess is less than 2% of Americans would recognize him and I certainly wouldn't be one of them. Maybe he's 'famous' to losers who watch network news or celebrity idolitors but I'd rank the importance of his injuries well below that of any soldiers and deserving of less attention.</p>
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		<title>By: M1EK</title>
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		<dc:creator>M1EK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ICallMas, you idiot, he&#039;s one of the two people that replaced Peter Jennings as hosts of the ABC nightly newscast.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ICallMas, you idiot, he's one of the two people that replaced Peter Jennings as hosts of the ABC nightly newscast.</p>
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		<title>By: ICallMasICM</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/troops_question_woodruff_coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-72250</link>
		<dc:creator>ICallMasICM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;Woodruffs injury got media attention for one reason: hes famous. &#039;

I&#039;m sorry but who is he?

It&#039;s a shame whoever he is or anyone else gets blowed up but I saw that other idiot from CNN saying the war is a disaster because reporters are getting killed.

Can you say media circle jerk?</description>
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<p>I'm sorry but who is he?</p>
<p>It's a shame whoever he is or anyone else gets blowed up but I saw that other idiot from CNN saying the war is a disaster because reporters are getting killed.</p>
<p>Can you say media circle jerk?</p>
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		<title>By: Herb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Herb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Surber, get sober

What make you the expert on conditions in Iraq. Could it be because so called reporters like Woodward told you things are worse.

Wize up Sober.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Surber, get sober</p>
<p>What make you the expert on conditions in Iraq. Could it be because so called reporters like Woodward told you things are worse.</p>
<p>Wize up Sober.</p>
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		<title>By: Don Surber</title>
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		<dc:creator>Don Surber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Childish complaint. Troops have changed, too, from the Ernie Pyle days.

Conservatives should be ashamed. The guy gets off his duff and goes to the front lines and people complain that his injury was reported as news. I am tired of the Kos-style complaints about reporters who are actually in Iraq. Near as I can tell things are worse today than they were a year ago. Reporters 

How about a prayer or two for Bob Woodruff?

And the troops</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Childish complaint. Troops have changed, too, from the Ernie Pyle days.</p>
<p>Conservatives should be ashamed. The guy gets off his duff and goes to the front lines and people complain that his injury was reported as news. I am tired of the Kos-style complaints about reporters who are actually in Iraq. Near as I can tell things are worse today than they were a year ago. Reporters </p>
<p>How about a prayer or two for Bob Woodruff?</p>
<p>And the troops</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick McGuire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick McGuire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder how long it will be before we hear allegations of &quot;fragging&quot; a battlefield reporter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder how long it will be before we hear allegations of "fragging" a battlefield reporter.</p>
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		<title>By: DaveD</title>
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		<dc:creator>DaveD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>M1EK might be right. It is possible the media could use this to support their skepticism that Iraq is getting better. I am hoping Woodruff, in contrast when he is up to it, will report on the respect that he has for the danger under which these soldiers operate.  Woodruff is not important to the war effort but I give him credit for being out there with the soldiers instead of reporting from some rooftop in the Green Zone with Baghdad as a backdrop.  I understand that the body armor Woodruff had on may have helped protect him from worse injury.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>M1EK might be right. It is possible the media could use this to support their skepticism that Iraq is getting better. I am hoping Woodruff, in contrast when he is up to it, will report on the respect that he has for the danger under which these soldiers operate.  Woodruff is not important to the war effort but I give him credit for being out there with the soldiers instead of reporting from some rooftop in the Green Zone with Baghdad as a backdrop.  I understand that the body armor Woodruff had on may have helped protect him from worse injury.</p>
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		<title>By: Herb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Herb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It just figures, someone would get around tp placing the blame on Bush for the twq ABC guys getting wounded in Iraq. (big time patroit)

In the first place, I don&#039;t know why they were allowed to go along with the military on the mission. The only reason they were there was to set a story, any story, that would degrade our troops, the military and anyone in the Bush administration. These guys should have never been there.

And, I am sick and tires or ALL other medis sources of expressing their so called sympathy to one of their &quot;wonderful&quot; colleagues who is no different and not as good as a single solder in Iraq who is serving their country.

The only ones being served by these two guys is themselves and their company who does not give a tinkers damn about our country</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It just figures, someone would get around tp placing the blame on Bush for the twq ABC guys getting wounded in Iraq. (big time patroit)</p>
<p>In the first place, I don't know why they were allowed to go along with the military on the mission. The only reason they were there was to set a story, any story, that would degrade our troops, the military and anyone in the Bush administration. These guys should have never been there.</p>
<p>And, I am sick and tires or ALL other medis sources of expressing their so called sympathy to one of their "wonderful" colleagues who is no different and not as good as a single solder in Iraq who is serving their country.</p>
<p>The only ones being served by these two guys is themselves and their company who does not give a tinkers damn about our country</p>
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		<title>By: Big Time Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Big Time Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The news is that a site like this is now suddenly worried about American Soldiers getting blown up. Shouldn&#039;t you get back to defending the power of the presidential branch? After all, you&#039;ve probably already forgiven the President for his multitude of ever changing excuses given for putting our troops in harms way, what is the value of our troops compared to the value of our President (whom you may recall avoided getting anywhere near battle when he was war age and America was at war) being able to act Manly and talk about Sacrifice. Hmmm, as I recall, the only sacrifice George Bush personally has done for the Iraq war is to force himself to take a large tax break.

Support the soldiers, take their sacrifices seriously enough to hold their Commander In Chief accountable for his competency. Soldiers are not props and it is not their duty to lay down their lives to avoid making a President look bad for his screw ups in war planning.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The news is that a site like this is now suddenly worried about American Soldiers getting blown up. Shouldn't you get back to defending the power of the presidential branch? After all, you've probably already forgiven the President for his multitude of ever changing excuses given for putting our troops in harms way, what is the value of our troops compared to the value of our President (whom you may recall avoided getting anywhere near battle when he was war age and America was at war) being able to act Manly and talk about Sacrifice. Hmmm, as I recall, the only sacrifice George Bush personally has done for the Iraq war is to force himself to take a large tax break.</p>
<p>Support the soldiers, take their sacrifices seriously enough to hold their Commander In Chief accountable for his competency. Soldiers are not props and it is not their duty to lay down their lives to avoid making a President look bad for his screw ups in war planning.</p>
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		<title>By: RA</title>
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		<dc:creator>RA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let us loose 100 &quot;reporters&quot; for every soldier.  The terrorists finally hit one of their supporters in the MSM.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let us loose 100 "reporters" for every soldier.  The terrorists finally hit one of their supporters in the MSM.</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
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		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re all totally missing the point (which I made in an earlier post on this subject).

The difference is the troops are serving an honorable profession, and don&#039;t get to choose their assignments. They weren&#039;t &#039;over there&#039; chasing a scoop, or vying for a Pulitzer.

While we&#039;re all teary-eyed over Woodruff&#039;s injury, can any one name the 2000+ killed, or the 16000+ wounded?  

There ought to be a biography of the life and sacrifice of each one (with their famiy&#039;s permission, of course).  That would keep the journalists busy for a while.  

Fame has nothing to do with it.  It more has to do with the MSM worshipping their own kind for their &#039;sacrifice&#039;.  It absolutely pales in comparison, especially in light of the garbage they continually pump out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You're all totally missing the point (which I made in an earlier post on this subject).</p>
<p>The difference is the troops are serving an honorable profession, and don't get to choose their assignments. They weren't 'over there' chasing a scoop, or vying for a Pulitzer.</p>
<p>While we're all teary-eyed over Woodruff's injury, can any one name the 2000+ killed, or the 16000+ wounded?  </p>
<p>There ought to be a biography of the life and sacrifice of each one (with their famiy's permission, of course).  That would keep the journalists busy for a while.  </p>
<p>Fame has nothing to do with it.  It more has to do with the MSM worshipping their own kind for their 'sacrifice'.  It absolutely pales in comparison, especially in light of the garbage they continually pump out.</p>
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		<title>By: M1EK</title>
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		<dc:creator>M1EK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The &#039;news&#039; in this is that the media now feels they have a way to call bullshit on the claims that Iraq really is getting better and really is getting safer. No need to use a troop casualty and risk a backlash, even though the journalists in Iraq have known for a long time what the truth is.

Oh, wait. Sorry. They&#039;re all in a conspiracy to hold back the good news. And the flower garlands.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 'news' in this is that the media now feels they have a way to call bullshit on the claims that Iraq really is getting better and really is getting safer. No need to use a troop casualty and risk a backlash, even though the journalists in Iraq have known for a long time what the truth is.</p>
<p>Oh, wait. Sorry. They're all in a conspiracy to hold back the good news. And the flower garlands.</p>
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		<title>By: legion</title>
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		<dc:creator>legion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Woodruff&#039;s injury got media attention for one reason: he&#039;s famous. From Hess&#039; own article, 61 journalists have been killed in Iraq since March 03, but since they weren&#039;t terribly well-known, they didn&#039;t get much coverage, even by their own peers.

Here&#039;s two words that don&#039;t appear in Hess&#039; story: Pat Tillman.

Remember him? He would have been &quot;just another KIA&quot; to both the media and the US public, except that he too was famous. How many of those &quot;unhappy&quot; with Woodruff&#039;s coverage were also unhappy with Tillman&#039;s elevation over all the other troops who died that day?

I&#039;m not happy about the implication that one person&#039;s life is more valuable than another&#039;s just because they were famous, but to be surprised by it in this day and age is quite naive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Woodruff's injury got media attention for one reason: he's famous. From Hess' own article, 61 journalists have been killed in Iraq since March 03, but since they weren't terribly well-known, they didn't get much coverage, even by their own peers.</p>
<p>Here's two words that don't appear in Hess' story: Pat Tillman.</p>
<p>Remember him? He would have been "just another KIA" to both the media and the US public, except that he too was famous. How many of those "unhappy" with Woodruff's coverage were also unhappy with Tillman's elevation over all the other troops who died that day?</p>
<p>I'm not happy about the implication that one person's life is more valuable than another's just because they were famous, but to be surprised by it in this day and age is quite naive.</p>
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