Wartime reporting (Li'l message for Baldwin Knight)
Feb 28, 2018 9:38:19 GMT -8
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Post by tonysavage on Feb 28, 2018 9:38:19 GMT -8
You know what the problem is with most journalist these days?
They don't actually come to the places they report on, nor meet the people they write about.
In my unit in Afghanistan, we had a gal from the Detroit Free Press that tagged along during patrol missions.
She was quite critical of the war, which I couldn't blame her for. It was, in the most part, a shit show. Problem was, as my commanding officer pointed out, she really had no clue what the fuck was going on. She had never talked to any of the troops or the people in the country. She never went on a patrol, never observed an operation in action, never, ever, felt for herself the conditions we had to face day in and day out.
So, when we called her out, she did the right thing, and decided to tour the front lines with us.
For 6 months, she got a good, long, hard look at life during wartime. She was with us during sieges, firefights. She found out how life was for herself.
It didn't change all her views in her articles, and she still wrote shit that didn't rub us the right way,
but, she earned respect for us for putting her money down on the bet...
And earned the right to report on these type of things by actually immersing herself in the world she wrote about.
But Baldwin Knight...*heh*...that hack...
Here's a man that:
-Admits he's not a fighter and has, nor, never will get into the ring
-Gets his info from a nice, safe distance away from the shelling
-And has never, EVER, stepped foot into a Global Wrestling Division venue to observe the world we live and work in for himself.
Hard to take a wrestling writer seriously, when he won't even go the shows.
Normally, after the phonetic dysentery he emitted in his last used maxi-pad of an article, I was tempted to find him and feed him to his paper shredder. But then, I had a better idea...
Why not see how committed he is to his craft, by offering him an invitation of a lifetime...
To actually observe and report on the Dogs of War in person.
That's right, Baldy....if you're the man and journalist you claim to be, I guar-an-DAMN-tee you safe passage from me and my crew, if you accept our offer to report on us and GWD in person at the next show.
See our world with your own eyes. take in the sights, the sounds, the smells and taste, of the federation we fight over.
If you pride yourself on being a truly great beat reporter, walk the beat for once in your damn life.
Ball's i nyour court, B.K. Huge opportunity for you....
You man enough to accept, or....
Are you just going to continue a career of reporting on the war effort from as far away as you can!
They don't actually come to the places they report on, nor meet the people they write about.
In my unit in Afghanistan, we had a gal from the Detroit Free Press that tagged along during patrol missions.
She was quite critical of the war, which I couldn't blame her for. It was, in the most part, a shit show. Problem was, as my commanding officer pointed out, she really had no clue what the fuck was going on. She had never talked to any of the troops or the people in the country. She never went on a patrol, never observed an operation in action, never, ever, felt for herself the conditions we had to face day in and day out.
So, when we called her out, she did the right thing, and decided to tour the front lines with us.
For 6 months, she got a good, long, hard look at life during wartime. She was with us during sieges, firefights. She found out how life was for herself.
It didn't change all her views in her articles, and she still wrote shit that didn't rub us the right way,
but, she earned respect for us for putting her money down on the bet...
And earned the right to report on these type of things by actually immersing herself in the world she wrote about.
But Baldwin Knight...*heh*...that hack...
Here's a man that:
-Admits he's not a fighter and has, nor, never will get into the ring
-Gets his info from a nice, safe distance away from the shelling
-And has never, EVER, stepped foot into a Global Wrestling Division venue to observe the world we live and work in for himself.
Hard to take a wrestling writer seriously, when he won't even go the shows.
Normally, after the phonetic dysentery he emitted in his last used maxi-pad of an article, I was tempted to find him and feed him to his paper shredder. But then, I had a better idea...
Why not see how committed he is to his craft, by offering him an invitation of a lifetime...
To actually observe and report on the Dogs of War in person.
That's right, Baldy....if you're the man and journalist you claim to be, I guar-an-DAMN-tee you safe passage from me and my crew, if you accept our offer to report on us and GWD in person at the next show.
See our world with your own eyes. take in the sights, the sounds, the smells and taste, of the federation we fight over.
If you pride yourself on being a truly great beat reporter, walk the beat for once in your damn life.
Ball's i nyour court, B.K. Huge opportunity for you....
You man enough to accept, or....
Are you just going to continue a career of reporting on the war effort from as far away as you can!
