US journalist beheaded by ISIS...
Discussion
Mermaid said:
Resigns from the front bench of the shadow cabinet to be exact, or near meaningless to be even further so.Dan_1981 said:
He was already kidnapped and held for a week, handcuffed and blindfolded, then broken out by Syrians, then he decides to go back again????? WTF???? I seriously hope nobody has to risk their life to get him out a second time!
King Herald said:
He was already kidnapped and held for a week, handcuffed and blindfolded, then broken out by Syrians, then he decides to go back again????? WTF????
I seriously hope nobody has to risk their life to get him out a second time!
He's a journalist in a war zone. It's his job. I seriously hope nobody has to risk their life to get him out a second time!
You'd complain (I hope) pretty quickly if your news consisted of nothing more than celebrity gossip, embedded reports, state sponsored horlicks?
As a back story, at least 17 journalists were killed in the latest Gaza war, the BBC have lost journos recently to "friendly fire", Al Jazeera have had people deliberately targeted by the US, reporting folk were beaten up and equipment tampered with, stolen and trashed by Ukrainian separatists only last week.
It's pretty dangerous out there.
Don't worry, the Green Party have the solution to world peace
http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/09/26/caroline-...
Oh wait, that's just a few vague statements with the usual pro-Muslim/anti-Israel dig. Never mind.
http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/09/26/caroline-...
Oh wait, that's just a few vague statements with the usual pro-Muslim/anti-Israel dig. Never mind.
TheRealFingers99 said:
He's a journalist in a war zone. It's his job.
You'd complain (I hope) pretty quickly if your news consisted of nothing more than celebrity gossip, embedded reports, state sponsored horlicks?
As a back story, at least 17 journalists were killed in the latest Gaza war, the BBC have lost journos recently to "friendly fire", Al Jazeera have had people deliberately targeted by the US, reporting folk were beaten up and equipment tampered with, stolen and trashed by Ukrainian separatists only last week.
It's pretty dangerous out there.
Personally I wouldn't give a monkey's if journalists didn't go out there. You'd complain (I hope) pretty quickly if your news consisted of nothing more than celebrity gossip, embedded reports, state sponsored horlicks?
As a back story, at least 17 journalists were killed in the latest Gaza war, the BBC have lost journos recently to "friendly fire", Al Jazeera have had people deliberately targeted by the US, reporting folk were beaten up and equipment tampered with, stolen and trashed by Ukrainian separatists only last week.
It's pretty dangerous out there.
I actually think it's what the terrorists want. "News" exposure, and the possibility of human collateral to tug on the heart strings of the West.
They, and all aid workers, should be told to get out of there and advised clearly that no support will be given should they get into bother.
Negative Creep said:
Don't worry, the Green Party have the solution to world peace
http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/09/26/caroline-...
Oh wait, that's just a few vague statements with the usual pro-Muslim/anti-Israel dig. Never mind.
We need to be nicer to ISIS and if we're really super duper friendly with them they'll stop lopping people's heads off. Rainbows and kisses all round!http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/09/26/caroline-...
Oh wait, that's just a few vague statements with the usual pro-Muslim/anti-Israel dig. Never mind.
TheRealFingers99 said:
He's a journalist in a war zone. It's his job.
You'd complain (I hope) pretty quickly if your news consisted of nothing more than celebrity gossip, embedded reports, state sponsored horlicks?
As a back story, at least 17 journalists were killed in the latest Gaza war, the BBC have lost journos recently to "friendly fire", Al Jazeera have had people deliberately targeted by the US, reporting folk were beaten up and equipment tampered with, stolen and trashed by Ukrainian separatists only last week.
It's pretty dangerous out there.
I'd be quite happy with just a daily highlight reel of aerial footage showing the bombs and missiles being dropped on the terrorists. No need to be there on the ground.You'd complain (I hope) pretty quickly if your news consisted of nothing more than celebrity gossip, embedded reports, state sponsored horlicks?
As a back story, at least 17 journalists were killed in the latest Gaza war, the BBC have lost journos recently to "friendly fire", Al Jazeera have had people deliberately targeted by the US, reporting folk were beaten up and equipment tampered with, stolen and trashed by Ukrainian separatists only last week.
It's pretty dangerous out there.
TheRealFingers99 said:
He's a journalist in a war zone. It's his job.
You'd complain (I hope) pretty quickly if your news consisted of nothing more than celebrity gossip, embedded reports, state sponsored horlicks?
I hardly ever read the biased, agenda-laden, politically slanted, opinionated drivel that most news publishers spew out. They are businesses, only in it for the money, advertising $$$$, and as soon as interest fades in a news item it slides off the pages to be replaced with something else, anything else, that will catch the eye of the great unwashed and turn over more advertising revenue.You'd complain (I hope) pretty quickly if your news consisted of nothing more than celebrity gossip, embedded reports, state sponsored horlicks?
There was a time when BBC could be replied on to be impartial and honest, but those days are long gone.
King Herald said:
I hardly ever read the biased, agenda-laden, politically slanted, opinionated drivel that most news publishers spew out. They are businesses, only in it for the money, advertising $$$$, and as soon as interest fades in a news item it slides off the pages to be replaced with something else, anything else, that will catch the eye of the great unwashed and turn over more advertising revenue.
There was a time when BBC could be replied on to be impartial and honest, but those days are long gone.
Totally agree. There was a time when BBC could be replied on to be impartial and honest, but those days are long gone.
supersingle said:
Negative Creep said:
Don't worry, the Green Party have the solution to world peace
http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/09/26/caroline-...
Oh wait, that's just a few vague statements with the usual pro-Muslim/anti-Israel dig. Never mind.
We need to be nicer to ISIS and if we're really super duper friendly with them they'll stop lopping people's heads off. Rainbows and kisses all round!http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/09/26/caroline-...
Oh wait, that's just a few vague statements with the usual pro-Muslim/anti-Israel dig. Never mind.
Murph7355 said:
Personally I wouldn't give a monkey's if journalists didn't go out there.
I actually think it's what the terrorists want. "News" exposure, and the possibility of human collateral to tug on the heart strings of the West.
They, and all aid workers, should be told to get out of there and advised clearly that no support will be given should they get into bother.
Think of the remarkable effect journos had on Vietnam (mainly the reason the major powers tried to embed all journos in the Gulf wars). I actually think it's what the terrorists want. "News" exposure, and the possibility of human collateral to tug on the heart strings of the West.
They, and all aid workers, should be told to get out of there and advised clearly that no support will be given should they get into bother.
Do journalists expect any worthwhile support? I doubt it.
TheRealFingers99 said:
Making the war so unpopular at home that it had to be ended early.
Bullst.The only reason the Vietnam war ended early (?) was that the Americans with all their technology and firepower could never have hoped to defeat the general population of a country that regarded them as invaders, the majority of Viet Cong were from the south and aided and armed by North Vietnam/China.
The sole reason for the American involvement in Vietnam was to prop up a corrupt puppet government which was only marginally more palatable than the communist alternative, this was the cold war at its height.
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