tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8309072365287409380..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Morley Safer Dead at 84The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70915726469075060122016-05-19T11:46:40.615-07:002016-05-19T11:46:40.615-07:00Not all the legends. There's still Wreck Smurf...Not all the legends. There's still Wreck Smurfee, Canada's answer to Gollum. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-48232231634570342672016-05-19T11:44:50.385-07:002016-05-19T11:44:50.385-07:00I'm sorry to hear of this, Mound. All of the l...I'm sorry to hear of this, Mound. All of the legends of journalism are gone now, it seems.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-91062845136598796912016-05-19T11:41:28.437-07:002016-05-19T11:41:28.437-07:00Mr. Safer’s account depicted Marines, facing no re...<i>Mr. Safer’s account depicted Marines, facing no resistance, firing rockets and machine guns into the hamlet; torching its thatched huts with flame throwers, grenades and cigarette lighters as old men and women begged them to stop; then destroying rice stores as the villagers were led away sobbing.</i><br /><br />In subsequent wars, the Pentagon began targeting journalists not "embedded" with the troops, and the US press meekly fell in line preferring to report the "5 o'clock follies" without comment or fact-checking. It took <a href="https://collateralmurder.wikileaks.org/" rel="nofollow">Wikileaks</a> to once again show the US military facing no resistance, firing rockets and machine guns - this time at a Reuters journalist in an urban area from circling attack helicopters. The brave pundits of the corporate press, of course, condemned Julian Assange for leaking the video.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70387348030088566342016-05-19T11:00:37.450-07:002016-05-19T11:00:37.450-07:00I just read the obit in the New York Times. He sho...I just read the obit in the New York Times. He showed two -- perhaps three -- generations of journalists how it should be done.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com