Saturday, July 25, 2009
Bad Press
This one with a South Florida connection: A Navy commander has filed a complaint with the Miami Herald over reporter Carol Rosenberg's offensive and degrading behavior and questioning.
Full complaint here.
I don't know if he would have much standing, since they don't have the same employers. And I don't like the precedent of government officials suing newspapers for allowing their reporters to create a hostile work environment. Still, if she is interfering with the AP photographer's work, and publicly inferring that the Navy officer is gay - knowing that if the reputation stuck, he would lose his career, Rosenberg comes extremely close to committing a couple of torts.
If these reports are true - and there are apparently lots of witnesses, Rosenberg is sullying the Miami Herald brand. Her reporting is not to be trusted. She seems to have come unglued. She should be fired. It's not like there aren't good, underemployed journalists out there to replace her with.
Way to cultivate your sources, moron!
Splash, out
Jason
Full complaint here.
I don't know if he would have much standing, since they don't have the same employers. And I don't like the precedent of government officials suing newspapers for allowing their reporters to create a hostile work environment. Still, if she is interfering with the AP photographer's work, and publicly inferring that the Navy officer is gay - knowing that if the reputation stuck, he would lose his career, Rosenberg comes extremely close to committing a couple of torts.
If these reports are true - and there are apparently lots of witnesses, Rosenberg is sullying the Miami Herald brand. Her reporting is not to be trusted. She seems to have come unglued. She should be fired. It's not like there aren't good, underemployed journalists out there to replace her with.
Way to cultivate your sources, moron!
Splash, out
Jason
Labels: culture, journalism, law, Miami Herald, Navy, Sex, stupid, The media
Monday, April 13, 2009
The poor darlings
Choice selections from the comments over at Yglesias's second home at Think Progress:
Thank goodness he’s safe. Now, what is going on in Somalia to make people so desperate that they resort to piracy…?
Yea! One US citizen is alive! How many people died of starvation today? Do they merit as much attention?
The Bush gangster regime hired the Ethiopian government to invade Somalia and to try and destroy the Islamic Court Union back in 1996.
How sad this all is. If something good can come from this incident, perhaps it will be that the world will pay more attention to the plight of the Somali’s and do something to fix it.
what a pathetic display…..the great american military finally found an “army” they could defeat. and the KKKristians? well they were able to complete the trifecta for their death cult as well as show the world how they are the experts in Jebus’ love and tolerance.
Why is it such a big deal when big countries push over smaller, weaker countries?
Fun crew you got there, Matt.
Via Neptunus Lex
Thank goodness he’s safe. Now, what is going on in Somalia to make people so desperate that they resort to piracy…?
Yea! One US citizen is alive! How many people died of starvation today? Do they merit as much attention?
The Bush gangster regime hired the Ethiopian government to invade Somalia and to try and destroy the Islamic Court Union back in 1996.
How sad this all is. If something good can come from this incident, perhaps it will be that the world will pay more attention to the plight of the Somali’s and do something to fix it.
what a pathetic display…..the great american military finally found an “army” they could defeat. and the KKKristians? well they were able to complete the trifecta for their death cult as well as show the world how they are the experts in Jebus’ love and tolerance.
Why is it such a big deal when big countries push over smaller, weaker countries?
Fun crew you got there, Matt.
Via Neptunus Lex
Labels: Navy, pirates, The Left
How Many SEALs Does It Take to Screw In A Light Bulb?
Pirates vow revenge against France, U.S.
So says one of their own:
"The French and the Americans will regret starting this killing. We do not kill, but take only ransom. We shall do something to anyone we see as French or American from now," Hussein, a pirate, told Reuters by satellite phone.
Here's one of my takeaways from Machiavelli: Men avenge small offenses. But they cannot avenge large ones.
Splash, out
Jason
"The French and the Americans will regret starting this killing. We do not kill, but take only ransom. We shall do something to anyone we see as French or American from now," Hussein, a pirate, told Reuters by satellite phone.
Here's one of my takeaways from Machiavelli: Men avenge small offenses. But they cannot avenge large ones.
Splash, out
Jason
Labels: law, Navy, pirates, War on Terror, Warfighting
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Administration Bringing Big Guns to Bear against Pirates
We're finally getting serious with these pirates: The FBI is now investigating some of these guys, raising the spectre of possibly filing federal charges against the Marsk hijackers if any of them are taken alive.
Indeed, speaking in the hypothetical, of course, the Attorney General is now saying that if an American were harmed I'm sure they're quaking in their sandals.
Meanwhile, the FBI is treating the ship as a 'crime scene.'
Good idea. Taka a multi-million dollar ship and its cargo out of circulation for weeks while we wait for federal bureaucrats to complete their investigation.
The Obama Administration: Tough. Strong. Bold.
Splash, out
Jason
Indeed, speaking in the hypothetical, of course, the Attorney General is now saying that if an American were harmed I'm sure they're quaking in their sandals.
Meanwhile, the FBI is treating the ship as a 'crime scene.'
Good idea. Taka a multi-million dollar ship and its cargo out of circulation for weeks while we wait for federal bureaucrats to complete their investigation.
The Obama Administration: Tough. Strong. Bold.
Splash, out
Jason
Labels: law, Navy, Obama, pirates, stupid
Sunday, May 11, 2008
You gotta be kidding me!
The Navy is wasting bandwidth on investigating a consensual affair from 18 years ago?
If that's the threshold for removal from service, we won't have a Navy much longer.
Look, I grok that our flag officers need to have personal integrity. And I grok that an affair is blackmailable, and so the guy made himself vulnerable to a foreign recruiter. The Russkies are famous for using beautiful women to get to US servicemen.
But 18 years ago? And it's remained in investigation that long?
And CNN: Look at the bandwidth you gave to the story. You even published the report. Slow news day or something?
Either there's way more than meets the eye, or we need to transfer some Navy staff officers to flesh out some Army units. The Navy obviously doesn't have enough productive to do.
Splash, out
Jason
If that's the threshold for removal from service, we won't have a Navy much longer.
Look, I grok that our flag officers need to have personal integrity. And I grok that an affair is blackmailable, and so the guy made himself vulnerable to a foreign recruiter. The Russkies are famous for using beautiful women to get to US servicemen.
But 18 years ago? And it's remained in investigation that long?
And CNN: Look at the bandwidth you gave to the story. You even published the report. Slow news day or something?
Either there's way more than meets the eye, or we need to transfer some Navy staff officers to flesh out some Army units. The Navy obviously doesn't have enough productive to do.
Splash, out
Jason
Labels: Navy, soldiers' issues
