Journalist outburst at Obama town hall meeting

Tom Petty · Aug 7, 2008

DemoChristian said:

clutchcargo said:

Inky---your comparison between two seemingly opposing scenarios actually involves the same thing----purported journalists with credentials solely there to draw attention to themselves. Most of those network and cable reports at WH are there only to ask outrageous, stupid questions so that they will draw attention to themselves, and get their face and voice on camera as much as possible so their shallow producers back in studio can sit on their fat arses and declare, 'Oh, our reporter So-and-So is really do a great job." It's all just a big choregraphed circus meant to cerate a televised moment vs. gathering legit news information.
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First, I don't agree with your premise, but even if I did, that's not the same as some idiot shouting over the crowd, repeatedly, creating a spectacle.
Journalists asking questions of the president are doing their jobs. A photographer making himself the story at a rally is not.
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always flushing out the dopes, aren't you?

DemoChristian · Aug 7, 2008

I try...

Inky_Wretch · Aug 7, 2008

HejiraHenry said:

Now that the Bloomberg Boob has been dealt with, we can move on (heh) to proper forms of discpline for the minority journos who gave famous Irish candidate Barry O'Bama a standing ovation, then rushed to the stage after his speech for autographs and photos.
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Yes, they should be mocked. Just as all those editors at the AP meeting should be for giving a standing O to McCain, along with a box of donuts (with sprinkles!).

clutchcargo · Aug 8, 2008

Inky:
I gotta admit, you are one funny dude.

TheSportsPredictor · Aug 8, 2008

StraightEdge said:

Yeah, but is he good enough to work for the Plain-Dealer?
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Actually, his web bio claims he's worked for The PD.

write then drink · Aug 8, 2008

I wonder how the guy's photos looked.

TheSportsPredictor · Aug 9, 2008

TheSportsPredictor said:

Great video of the clown here, camera on him from beginning to end:

http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/08/05/exclusive-video-from-blogger-interrupted-of-berea-obama-event-heckler/
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Turns out the guy who runs this blog has no standards and put up the wrong John Quinn's phone number w/out verifying it. So did Tim Russo of Blogger Interrupted:

Eric Vessels, whose blog is Plunderbund, apologized for the mistake but defended posting what he thought was the photographer's number.

"I want people to think before they do these kinds of disruptions," he said. "I don't intend people to call and harass. I don't ever ask them to do that."
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http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1218270883227550.xml&coll=2&thispage=2

SwingAndAMiss · Aug 9, 2008

... and the differentiation between a deteriorating media and the blogosphere becomes more difficult to discern, like piss and a deuce whirlpooling to a toilet's netherworld.

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