A photographer for the Associated Press who is "embedded" with the Taliban, watched and took pictures and video of the murders of two women by Taliban terrorists.

The AP is now producing terrorist snuff videos for our enemies.

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193294.php

This reminds me of that jacka$$ from CNN that went around with some insurgent snipers and watched them shoot American soldiers.

Just more evidence of how the MSM stands up for women and minorities.  They are always in the thick of the action to protect the weakest members of society.  

I guess the AP will start a sloganeering campaign for the Taliban next.  I can see it now, "Just killing the property that infidels won't kill."  

These pigs make me sick.  And still they want us to believe that Billy Graham is the real threat to the world.

The outright murder of these two women should remove any lingering doubt in people’s minds why this country is fighting against the Taliban and radical Islamic extremism.
Of course why the various women and human rights groups around the world continue to keep quite about this is something I also do not understand.

With regards to the fact in the vein of the news agencies taking part in terrorist acts I do not understand how that if one becomes a journalist then one no longer belongs to the human race.
The standard formula of reporting is telling the Who, What, Where, When and Why of the story. I always thought that was pretty simple.  The understanding that one needs to be objective and to not allow ones personal opinion to slant those facts or cause one not to bring all of those facts forward is what all journalist have to be self regulating in.
Did this reporter know up front exactly what was going to happen? We have seen it so many times in the past since the war has started. There always seems to be a reporter right there to film the bombing or the kidnapping, or some other type of atrocity. This tends to make me think that the reason they are there is for the specific reason to film and they know in advance what is going to be done. That, in my opinion, makes them no better than those who committee the atrocity.
To be fair, the journalist who finds they are in a situation while doing a story and an atrocity is committed may not always be able to stop it without putting their own life at risk. To keep their mouth shut and act in whatever way that is needed to be able to get to a place of safety would be prudent.
How they then excuse those actions is beyond my comprehension. When does that person stop being a human being with all of the emotions and outrage that such action as this invokes?

If one is truly human how do they then claim that one is just doing their job as a journalist; reporting the story as if they where just a bystander and they are just being objective in the reporting of that action.

Watcher said:  If one is truly human how do they then claim that one is just doing their job as a journalist; reporting the story as if they where just a bystander and they are just being objective in the reporting of that action.
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I can give you one possible scenario.  The reporter was a muslim (possibly an Al-Jazeera plant) who believes in Sharia Law and who documented this atrocity to send out a warning to other muslims as well as to infidels.  

What is also troubling is that the AP would decide to use these.  What is their message?

My only hope is that when CAIR gets Sharia Law instituted in the U.S. that the first place the muslims all go will be to Hollywood.  I wonder if the AP would cover that as well?

watcher wrote:I do not understand how that if one becomes a journalist then one no longer belongs to the human race.  The standard formula of reporting is telling the Who, What, Where, When and Why of the story. I always thought that was pretty simple.  The understanding that one needs to be objective and to not allow ones personal opinion to slant those facts or cause one not to bring all of those facts forward is what all journalist have to be self regulating in.
If one is truly human how do they then claim that one is just doing their job as a journalist; reporting the story as if they where just a bystander and they are just being objective in the reporting of that action.

The communists did their job well.  Part of the objective is simply to inculcate the idea (in as many people as possible) that the United States is the source of all evil in the world.  Thus, taking sides with any and all enemies of the United States is to be encouraged.

Returning to my theme of communists controlling the media and education; if you wanted to ensure that the media (journalists) were all sympathetic to communist goals and opposed to America in every way -- where would you start?

Journalism school.

In most universities, one of the first disciplines invaded by the communist, anti-American ideology was Journalism.  It has been for decades, and still is, one of the fields of study almost 100% populated with communist professors.  To this day, the communists haven't much bothered with things like engineering, or the hard sciences -- they went straight for those individuals who would end up shaping the way Americans think, what they believe, and what facts and information are presented to them.

The Associated Press is populated almost entirely with people who quite simply hate this country.  That is their primary impetus in life.  It's not important if they find themselves siding with Muslim terrorists, brutal dictators, or corrupt politicians -- provided those people share the goal of opposition to the U.S..  They're willing to accept (and, apparently, film) murder, terrorism, the killing of American soldiers, whatever, if it promotes the goal of making America look bad.

The most amazing thing about this story in particular is that the photographer and the AP are so deluded by this passion to show America in a bad light, that they actually think that showing photos of women murdered by the Taliban somehow reflects badly on the U.S..  In their minds, this shows that "violence" continues despite (or because of) American action in Afghanistan -- and they think that this is the message that others will take from these photos.  To them "violence" is thing -- a circumstance, a condition, an unattached "problem" -- that can only result from bad policies of those "in charge" and not in any way attributable to the evil actions of evil individuals.  (I know I'm not saying it right, but I hope you get the idea)  To a sane person, the only "message" that could possibly be taken away from these photos and the acts they depict is that the Taliban is evil and murders people -- that the individual terrorists themselves are evil and to blame for their own murderous actions.  And, of course, that the photographer (and the AP) are complicit in this evil.

I'm pretty sure that the short way of saying all of the above is "Liberalism is a mental disease"

The Afghan journalist who filmed and photographed the July 12 execution of two women by the Taliban says he was detained and held for two days by authorities in Afghanistan for suspected ties to terrorists.

“But Naikzad denied any ties with the terrorists and said he has given equal coverage to the different sides in conflict in the province.
“If I have photographed Taliban casualties, I have also photographed American casualties. I have been balanced in my journalism,” he said.”


In my opinion this Photographer is an equal opportunity scumbag.

Photographer Detained After Filming Taliban Execution of Two Women in Afghanistan  By Ahmad Shuja Friday, July 18, 2008 Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,386161,00.html

watcher wrote:The Afghan journalist who filmed and photographed the July 12 execution of two women by the Taliban says he was detained and held for two days by authorities in Afghanistan for suspected ties to terrorists.

“But Naikzad denied any ties with the terrorists and said he has given equal coverage to the different sides in conflict in the province.
“If I have photographed Taliban casualties, I have also photographed American casualties. I have been balanced in my journalism,” he said.”


In my opinion this Photographer is an equal opportunity scumbag.

You said it.  This epitomizes the left's view of the war, our troops, and our enemy.  He claims not only "equal coverage", but also "balance in journalism".

Here's the Left's idea of balance:

Enemies killed by our soldiers in war = murder of women by radical muslim Talibani
Our troops = murderers



pretty much sums up the media viewpoint