Drudge ethics question

[markvid]

Ok, as usual, fedora boy takes time away from the young male crowd to BREAK THE STORY THAT PRINCE HARRY IS IN AFGHANISTAN!

Well, as usual, fedora ****er doesn't tell you the WHOLE story. Everyone in the British media has known for months but weren't supposed to tell.
Of course, rules don't apply to Drudge because he has no one to answer to.
Get it wrong? Just hit delete, never happened.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/snowmail+prince+harry+in+afghanistan/1674847

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

He has none.
Next question.
The First Amendment guy in me says that the British people have a right to know if the third-in-line to the throne is in harm's way, which apparently this guy is. (Infantry recon? In Afghanistan? Yoikes.) But Closet Case better hope nothing happens to the guy, or his fedora's going to the Tower.

 

[Ace]

He has none.
Next question.
The First Amendment guy in me says that the British people have a right to know if the third-in-line to the throne is in harm's way, which apparently this guy is. (Infantry recon? In Afghanistan? Yoikes.) But Closet Case better hope nothing happens to the guy, or his fedora's going to the Tower.

James Bond vs. Matt Drudge

I'd pay to see that. Even if the villain lasted only three minutes.

 

[markvid]

He has none.
Next question.
The First Amendment guy in me says that the British people have a right to know if the third-in-line to the throne is in harm's way, which apparently this guy is. (Infantry recon? In Afghanistan? Yoikes.) But Closet Case better hope nothing happens to the guy, or his fedora's going to the Tower.

Bingo. Give Harry credit for pretending he's just a typical British citizen, and a big **** you to Drudge for telling the Taliban they just got a nice big target.

 

[Boom_70]

Ok, as usual, fedora boy takes time away from the young male crowd to BREAK THE STORY THAT PRINCE HARRY IS IN AFGHANISTAN!

Well, as usual, fedora ****er doesn't tell you the WHOLE story. Everyone in the British media has known for months but weren't supposed to tell.
Of course, rules don't apply to Drudge because he has no one to answer to.
Get it wrong? Just hit delete, never happened.

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/snowmail+prince+harry+in+afghanistan/1674847

Shame on the British media

 

[HejiraHenry]

He has none.
Next question.
The First Amendment guy in me says that the British people have a right to know if the third-in-line to the throne is in harm's way, which apparently this guy is. (Infantry recon? In Afghanistan? Yoikes.) But Closet Case better hope nothing happens to the guy, or his fedora's going to the Tower.

Bingo. Give Harry credit for pretending he's just a typical British citizen, and a big **** you to Drudge for telling the Taliban they just got a nice big target.

Can we give our enemies enough credit that they probably don't have to read The Drudge Report to find out what's going on in the world? Get real.

 

[markvid]

How would they know he's there?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

It's a great story -- on its own merits. The embarassment thrown at the other golden children who have other priorities is a bonus.

 

[markvid]

It's a great story -- on its own merits. The embarassment thrown at the other golden children who have other priorities is a bonus.

That didn't need to be told until after his tour was over, it's not for Drudge to leave the gay bar long enough to decide what is news and what isn't.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Different media culture, Boom.
Can't judge them by our standards.
And HH, could you pick out Prince Harry in a lineup? I couldn't. I doubt the Afghans could. But printing that he was there, and his unit, and what he was doing is a bit too big a hint for me, to say nothing of the fact that his unit probably has to deal with local tribesmen whose loyalties are, shall we say, on offer.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

**** Cheney should feel shame, today -- if he has any sense of shame whatsoever, which is highly debatable.

 

[sportschick]

Just so Fen can pick him out of a lineup.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

He's a series of letters?

 

[JR]

What's all the fuss about?

It's on the Star website with a friggin video:

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/307843

The ****** Prince looks like he's playing Mr. Dressup.

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along

 

[markvid]

Different media culture, Boom.
Can't judge them by our standards.
And HH, could you pick out Prince Harry in a lineup? I couldn't. I doubt the Afghans could. But printing that he was there, and his unit, and what he was doing is a bit too big a hint for me, to say nothing of the fact that his unit probably has to deal with local tribesmen whose loyalties are, shall we say, on offer.

That's my point, F_B. Had Drudge never reported this, his tour goes unnoticed there and he's just another British soldier.
Now, he's got a target on his back. And probably will be pulled.

 

[markvid]

What's all the fuss about?

It's on the Star website with a friggin video:

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/307843

The ****** Prince looks like he's playing Mr. Dressup.

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along

Of course it's now out, because of Drudge.
Well, I guess we can lock this thread now because the great JR doesn't deem it worthy.

 

[Boom_70]

What's all the fuss about?

It's on the Star website with a friggin video:

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/307843

The ****** Prince looks like he's playing Mr. Dressup.

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along

He looks like he is playing Mike ducockeye

 

[markvid]

Harry, who is third in line to the throne, has been in Afghanistan since December. The deployment was not reported due to an agreement between the Ministry of Defense and news organizations, including The Associated Press.

The story was leaked by an Australian magazine and a German newspaper.



Oh, oh...did Fedora Fruity lie?
Nahhhhhh, couldn't be.

 

[Boom_70]

What's all the fuss about?

It's on the Star website with a friggin video:

http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/307843

The ****** Prince looks like he's playing Mr. Dressup.

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along

Of course it's now out, because of Drudge.
Well, I guess we can lock this thread now because the great JR doesn't deem it worthy.

jr jr the monarch czar

 

[Bill Brasky]

Drudge? Ethics?
Talk about a contradiction in terms.
Here's one thing I always wondered...why hasn't someone come along and done a similar thing in not such a politically slanted, sleazy way? You know there's got to be some crackerjack reporter on the East Coast or L.A. who could do a similar thing that would be just as big. I'm surprised Google or Yahoo or AOL hasn't tried to do a similar thing, based on all the hits Drudge gets.
The other thing, is why are the ads on Drudge's site so cheezy? Ann Coulter columns, weight loss crap, some online thing to pick McCain's VP. My God, he gets more hits than just about anyone...couldn't he get a better class of advertisers?