tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post3742737800396794927..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: The WaPost Ombudsman on the Courage of WaPost EmployeesThe Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-66201188134684703242011-03-06T10:43:00.792-05:002011-03-06T10:43:00.792-05:00I think a lot of journalists consider themselves s...I think a lot of journalists consider themselves somewhat invincible in most of these environments. I mean, after all, they generally feel more kinship in an Arab mob than in a Tea Party convention so combined with their "Foreign Press" credentials, this compassionate kinship should render them revered observers to be embraced. <br /><br />They are not at all unlike the people who venture out to live among timberwolves, grizzly bears and silverback gorillas, who I believe are genuinely surprised when the wild animals finally decide to harvest this handy snack who's been making him or herself available for the picking. <br /><br />For the record, I believe that this is more a case of narcissism than courage but I suspect there are those journalists who, once exposed to the reality of their environment choose to remain or go back despite the danger, actually do muster some personal courage, maybe even great amounts of it. But it is still not, as CW reminds us, newsworthy. Now if a reporter actually stepped in to save someone rather than take video and provide commentary, you know, like so many of the young Americans who do that every day in our two wars, well, then I'd happily bask in the coverage of a journalist's courage. <br /><br />Furthermore, for a group (the media elite) who likely consider Private Manning a "hero" should it be any surprise that they also find themselves to be imbued with noteworthy courage and consider it their duty to highlight themselves to the lesser people who await and hang on their every reported word?Mudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106218895150473141noreply@blogger.com