Give Jill a Break

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• T-Stopper said:

  HOW ABOUT LETTING THE POOR WOMAN BREATHE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE WE ASSAULT HER WITH AMATEUR PSYCHOLOGY AND SELF-SERVING COMMENTARY? THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO SORT OUT HER STORY. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black - lol "Assaulting w/amateur psychology and SELF-SERVING COMMENTARY" – Isn't that basically a job requirement for most folks the media these days? Letting the "poor woman" breathe? You gotta be kidding, Mark! So now everyone on the media is supposed either write nothing or kiss her butt with 'praise articles' - just because she's a woman journalist? If she needs to "breathe for a few days" she's under no obligation to view what the media writes about her. No on is holding a gun to her head [well, at least not any longer] and from what I understand, she's surrounded with security so she doesn't have to worry about respond to anything or give interviews. When the Lufthansa Flight 422 from Frankfurt landed, passengers forced to remain seated and security cleared out an entire section of the so that Carroll and her ass-kissing entourage could avoid the airport terminal leave without being 'exposed' to the media glare of the media spotlight. Regardless of what the pundints write or their inner motives are; my guess is that if Jill plays her cards right - the account of what happened [in book and/or print form] will make her a mint.
  April 3, 2006 9:11 AM

• Mark Jurkowitz said:

  Seems like you've got some anger management issues, T-Stopper. Why the antipathy toward someone held hostage for 82 days?
  April 3, 2006 1:23 PM

• T-Stopper said:

  I meant it tongue and cheek and was actually chuckling at your inept and indignant unilateralist Media Log entry - not loathing of or Jill Carol or for her predicament. You say "hands off" because she's a poor female journalist; "for a couple of days before we assault her with amateur psychology and self-serving commentary?" Big words coming from someone whose paper ran front page links for months which provided loop footage of another hostage's beheading [when it served their "news-and-punditry" universe's demands]. Do you consider elevating the hostage takers hand-made video documenting the beheading an ‘assault via amateur psychology and self-serving commentary? Aside from that; your original BOLD & CAPPED fuming comments are all are all flavor, fluff and no substance; accusing no one in particular and providing no links to articles backing up your accusations of who exactly was “assaulting her with amateur psychology and self-serving commentary." Who exactly are you referring to when you implied "Jumping to conclusions—for ideological reasons." What did they write about? [Give us a link or two, or at least mention them by their names, their paper, website or channel] How exactly were these great 'unseen heathens' abusive toward Jill Carol? Is the new motto for this blog going to be 'all the news that's fit to imply without naming names quoting sources or providing any facts?' Your: "Please… She’s a Woman!" log entry reads like one of those blogs that emphatically declares that were all having chips put in our heads by the government - and claims that their $19.99 aluminum foil caps are humanity’s only hope! - lol
  April 3, 2006 6:57 PM

• Specks said:

  always nice to see that with stultifying monotony the same dreary gasbags find a keyboard.
  April 4, 2006 1:49 PM

• Mark Jurkowitz said:

  Hey T-Stopper. If and when you stop hyperventilating you will see that my item linked to Dan Kennedy's blog because Dan was busy identifying those, as you put it great "unseen heathens," (whatever that means) who were making ridiculous comments.
  April 5, 2006 2:04 PM

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