Linda Foley had better offer proof of what she said or step down from her jobs. Tossing up unsubstantiated smears of the US military, especially in light of what Newsweek's smear led to in Afghanistan last week, is unconscionable and unacceptable.
John Cole also wants evidence.
If journalists are being targeted, reasonable people want to know about it. Unfortunately, just like Eason Jordan learned, we want some flipping evidence.
The Word Unheard address Ms. Foley:
Your assault on the honor of the American Military will not stand. We will not allow you to wildly accuse us of murder. Your words may ring pleasant among friends and colleagues, but for us they ring stirringly like the deep toll of a bell.
I. Rony (hah!) thinks the Union members ought to step up to the plate.
If you are a member of TNG or CWA and you are outraged by this, then let your union and your fellow union members know. You are the unions source of money, so you're voice will be heard above others.
How hilarious that she made this comment at a conference on media reform. And then she tries to wiggle out of it, ironically with the same fake but true argument that has become the norm.
Elephant in My Coffee (like I originally was) is speechless.
Just read the article. The extent of her irresponsible behavior has rendered me speechless. The sheer stupidity of this woman is astounding.
The Dusty Attic has transcribed most of the speech, so the reader can judge for themselves the context, and Trey Jackson has put up the extended video.
Andi is on fire:
Twelve years ago, I married a soldier. While there are few subjects that I'm fully qualified to to write about, I do know a little something about soldiers and their character. I also know a little something about why words matter in our current environment.Ms. Foley, allow me to educate you.
Article comments
1 - RJ
We need an Amazon link...
2 - Matt
Wow. Bloggers up in arms? Call a fucking congressional committee, then. This is big stuff. We can't have political bloggers up in arms.
John Cole wants evidence? Holy shit! Big news!
Mr. Preston and Junkyard Blog thinks Foley should step down? Earth shattering!
There has never been a greater divide than there is between how important political bloggers think they are, and how important they actually are.
I hope this one hits Google's front page. Its big news for sure.
3 - Matt
RJ--forgive Myopic Zeal for his/her haste in getting this up, sans Amazon link. Sometimes hard news needs to get to the masses, and quick.
4 - RJ
BTW, good article...
5 - RJ
Matt...
Can't you admit that bloggers have some power now, and that their efforts might very well end Ms. Foley's career?
6 - Matt
Umm...no, not really...
Frankly, I don't give a shit either way. Never heard of Foley, don't give a fuck if she loses her job over making a dumb comment.
What I do love is watching self-important people give themselves a lot more credit than they are due.
7 - Matt
If you missed it, check out this blogger's review of traffic changes since the last year. Sites like blogcritics are flourishing, while political blogs are losing steam. Big time.
May 20, 2005 at 10:24 pm
8 - Matt
Let's try that link again
9 - Comment
Its OK to bomb afghanistan WITHOUT evidence.
It is OK to torture people in x-ray and abu gharaib WITHOUT evidence
It is OK to invade Iraq and destroy the country and kill oh 100,000 MORE people WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE
but it NOT OK to say the obvious as Ms Foley has said :( ...
10 - FPF/HR
Conc.: Foley's rightful remarks - see Url. - may I say there's nothing new under the sun?
She and we journalistst and correspondents are damn right:
PENTAGON THREATENED EARLIER TO KILL REPORTERS IN IRAQ - Url.:
http://tinyurl.com/7gnsu
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be . . . The People cannot be safe without information.
When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe."
Thomas Jefferson
HR
11 - Dave Nalle
PPF/HR - if this is the level of intellectual accuity which you and other journalists display then I now fully understand the disreputable state of modern journalism.
I followed the link. The Pentagon did NOT say it was targetting journalists. It warned journalists that if they used devices which issue similar signals to those being used to trigger terrorists bombs then the devices generating the signals might be targeted. In this case some cell phones, pagers and radio phones.
Warning journalists that something they do might put them in danger is NOT threatening them, it's an effort to help keep them safe. Targeting cell phones and pagers is NOT targeting journalists just because they happen to have them.
Twisting the Pentagon's warning this way is really despicable and shows such a blatant bias that if you really are a journalist you ought to be banned from any respectable news outlet.
Dave