In Defense of Joe The Plumber’s Reporting Cred

[babylonsister]

http://washingtonindependent.com/24262/in-defense-of-joe-the-plumbers-reporting-cred

In Defense of Joe The Plumber’s Reporting Cred
By Spencer Ackerman 1/7/09 1:52 PM


Get that tone out of your voice, Aaron! You slyly mock Joe The Plumber’s forthcoming reporting assignment for Pajamas TV in Israel. But a closer look at the ongoing war in Gaza demonstrates why, now more than ever, the region needs Joe The Plumber.

Human rights groups and Palestinian officials are reporting a sewage crisis, with human waste bursting from antiquated pipes as the Israeli blockade of Gaza doesn’t allow for sufficient diesel to power the pump-station generators. This, of course, has significant health implications for one of the most population-dense places on earth:

Sadi Ali, project manager for the Palestinian Water Authority, said the health risk from sewage on the streets was clear.

“There is a risk of the spread of all sorts of water borne diseases such as dysentery and cholera,” he said.

What you need in this situation is obvious. And who cares more about over one million beleaguered Palestinian civilians than Pajamas Media?

[ShortnFiery]

1. "... why, now more than ever, the region needs Joe The Plumber."

:wtf: :rofl:


Oh yeah, forget the brainiacs, the New and Improved "JOE" - "Joe the Investigative Journalist" stated that he will remain in Israel in order to report THIER suffering ... you know the plight of all the "Joe the Soldiers" in the IDF. :crazy: After all, Joe reminds us, he's former Military and will fit in. :spray:

[Poiuyt]

2. It's just too bad that Joe isn't really a plumber

[we can do it]

4. Joe Not the Plumber, Joe Not the Reporter

[Ian David]

3. I hope Joe The Plumber gets right into the heat of that war & reports from the center of the action!

Go, Joe!

Go get those pictures!


http://www.teachersforachange.com/richard.html

[Greyskye]

5. "Joe the Martyr"?

:puke:

[damntexdem]

6. Too bad he's not a real plumber.

If so, then he would already be familiar with the substance of what he will be reporting.

But maybe he'll turn out to be flush with success. ;-)