December 14, 2005

Clueless Idiots Get Their Press Credentials Pulled

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

NORFOLK -- The military this week pulled the press credentials of an embedded reporter and photographer for the Norfolk-based Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Kuwait, saying they had violated ground rules by photographing battle-damaged military vehicles.
Stupid, but their editor is an even bigger imbecile:
But after the paper published the story and photos on Saturday, the Kuwait-based Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Forward, pulled their press passes, noting that one of its ground rules prohibits video or photos of battle-damaged vehicles.

[Editor Denis] Finley said the incident happened on the final day of the men's two-week trip to the Middle East, "so we were done anyway." He said he was waiting to hear the full story from the two, who were in transit back to the U.S., before deciding how vigorously to protest.

I'm sure all the anti-war folks are convinced that the Bushitlerburton military doesn't want photos of damaged military vehicles circulating for propaganda purposes.

The fact is that battle damage photos can give enemy combatants important clues about any vulnerabilities the vehicles may have. Vulnerabilities that can then be exploited to kill more American soldiers. And the fact that editor Finley (who is so stupid he doesn't even know how to spell "Dennis") is going to "protest" being gigged for endangering troops, simply shows why such a pair of monumentally stupid morons were sent by his paper in the first place.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto, who knows he's supposed to be posting election news, but these idiots were just too much.

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1 He's not stupid. "Denis" is how the French spell "Dennis." So he's quite appropriate.

Posted by: Vinnie at December 15, 2005 12:04 AM (Kr6/f)

2 Sacré dieu! Je déteste les chameaux sales de la presse gauchiste. Ils sont les putains des terroristes.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at December 15, 2005 01:45 AM (RHG+K)

3 Agent Brown says that a shackled media leads to more shackled minds.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 15, 2005 05:26 AM (n1vAy)

4 Agent Bill127233 says a stupid media leads to more dead US troops.

Posted by: agent bill127233 at December 15, 2005 06:06 AM (7evkT)

5 Smith, you're really getting on my nerves.

Posted by: Oyster at December 15, 2005 07:16 AM (YudAC)

6 Neo says "Agent Smith, I put the smack-down on your *ss. Now go back to being a dhimmi beeotch. Want some Arab zibb?"

Posted by: Neo the One at December 15, 2005 07:56 AM (S3UBA)

7 If they knew the rules when they took the assignment, then there's no arguement, no vigorous protest to be made. You break the rules, pack your bags. Smith, back in the real world, everything is shackled in someway. Those shackles are called rules. In journalism it's called ethics.

Posted by: Graeme at December 15, 2005 08:14 AM (SdRVl)

8 Smith implies he doesn't want the terrorists to be "shackled".

Posted by: Oyster at December 15, 2005 09:00 AM (YudAC)

9 >>>"Agent Brown says that a shackled media leads to more shackled minds." ditto a biased media.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 15, 2005 09:03 AM (8e/V4)

10 No problem! Next AP embed out on patrol or covering a story - bends down to tie his shoelaces - "Hey! Were did everybody go?" Don't need to target them (media never did figure it out). Just leave them hangin' in the wind.

Posted by: hondo at December 15, 2005 09:46 AM (3aakz)

11 Agent Smith has shackled himself to the terrorists.

Posted by: jesusland joe at December 15, 2005 10:05 AM (rUyw4)

12 Its a long walk back to the Green Zone and the hotels. And taxi-drivers, insurgents and jidhadists don't take American Express.

Posted by: hondo at December 15, 2005 10:08 AM (3aakz)

13 The media and liberals are no less an enemy than the terrorists, and should all be killed. They prove this again every day.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 15, 2005 10:56 AM (0yYS2)

14 The media and liberals are no less an enemy than the terrorists, and should all be killed. They prove this again every day. Nice. Very intelligent and well spoken. Let's kill everyone that doesn't agree with us. /oh wait, that's what we're already doing

Posted by: jonas at December 15, 2005 01:33 PM (lqNdj)

15 shorter jonas: terrorists are merely people who don't agree with us.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 15, 2005 01:37 PM (8e/V4)

16 He will of course give you a running headstart jonas - Maxie's a big-hearted guy!

Posted by: hondo at December 15, 2005 01:38 PM (3aakz)

17 shorter jonas: terrorists are merely people who don't agree with us. Sometimes, they agree with us.

Posted by: Brian B at December 15, 2005 01:46 PM (rGfpg)

18 Brian B! That is glorious!

Posted by: hondo at December 15, 2005 02:03 PM (3aakz)

19 That was beautiful, Brian.

Posted by: Oyster at December 15, 2005 02:21 PM (YudAC)

20 I know, it made me cry when I read it, too.

Posted by: Brian B at December 15, 2005 03:02 PM (rGfpg)

21 Cleanup on aisle 1. That would be my computer screen. Great stuff, Brian B.

Posted by: jesusland joe at December 15, 2005 03:21 PM (rUyw4)

22 Hey, I didn't write it, I just linked to it.

Posted by: Brian B at December 15, 2005 04:16 PM (rGfpg)

23 That was funny shit.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 15, 2005 09:02 PM (0yYS2)

24 Agent Smith shackled to terrorists? The agent bullshiters are terrorists.

Posted by: greyrooster at December 16, 2005 06:31 AM (kkjRj)

25 Oyster: Agree with you on the agent crap. Greg is like a little child. Or should I say is a little child. Totally prideless. He was voted off this blog by overwhelming majority vote. What kind of dork would continue on with his mental midget agent crap? He's a pitiful, lonely, little freak that gets off on paying the normal people back by cheering for the enemy. A Columbine punk without courage.

Posted by: greyrooster at December 16, 2005 06:46 AM (kkjRj)

26 no way Agent Smith is greg.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 16, 2005 08:57 AM (8e/V4)

27 Whatever game Agent Smith plays, he does it with one email address and one personna. Considering the occasional troll infestations of hit, scream, run & hide dickheads - he is in a league of his own. I don't mind him - and sometimes he's occasionally witty in a droll way. Just don't respond to him in depth - because he's not coming at you that way.

Posted by: hondo at December 16, 2005 09:57 AM (3aakz)

28 No, Smith can't be greg. Because once in a great while Smith is right. He occasionally spews out an anti-terrorist statement. Greg would never do that. If it's greg, I'll eat my hat.

Posted by: Oyster at December 16, 2005 09:58 AM (YudAC)

29 Who is Greg?

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 16, 2005 06:53 PM (oC6D4)

30 Greg is currently (according to him) down in the jungles of South America living out his fantasy ala "Bananas" or "Deliverance" - we're not sure which. Though it could possibly be a sex tour and he was too embarrassed to say. He did say he would be teaching young latin(o&a)s to speak english. Who knows?

Posted by: hondo at December 16, 2005 07:21 PM (3aakz)

31 Agent Smith thought Greg lived in Texas and watched Univision.

Posted by: Agent Smith at December 17, 2005 03:23 AM (oC6D4)

32 Ya'll sure? Don't bet on it.

Posted by: greyrooster at December 17, 2005 09:49 PM (TBvsM)

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