CNN Breaking: Two Fox News Employees Abducted in Gaza

[VolcanoJen]

Breaking now... will post link when it emerges.

Update - Link:

Two Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza: witness (Reuters)

Excerpt:

Palestinian gunmen kidnapped two foreign journalists working for the Fox News television channel in Gaza on Monday, a witness said.

The witness, a Palestinian who worked with the two journalists, said one of them, a producer, was an American, and the other, whose nationality he did not know, was a cameraman.

The Fox News bureau in Jerusalem said it was checking the report.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the abduction.

The witness said two vehicles blocked the journalist's transmission truck in the center of Gaza City and a masked man put a gun to the bodyguard's head, forcing him to the ground.

[LeftCoast]

1. Oh please let it be Geraldo!

:)

[Karenca]

7. Ha ha!

Please!!!!!!!

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[newscott]

9. That was the first thing I thought too.

But he'd probably turn out to be a latter day red chief. No, you don't tie me up that way. Do it this way! Hit me harder next time, that was pathetic!

[LTR]

15. Oh please! They're not that desperate!

[K8-EEE]

127. LOL, Fighting Irish!!

OMG, that Geraldo thing they did on Daily Show last week was so classic...

[RaleighNCDUer]

25. If it was Geraldo, it would eventually come out

that he kidnapped himself.

[Charlie Brown]

27. LOL nt

[LeftCoast]

28. All they need to do is search Al Capone's vault

:)

[elehhhhna]

113. LOL what an idiot this Jerry Rivers is.

[maseman]

33. Geraldo

They tried to kidnap Gerlado but when they finally opened his hotel room door the room was empty.

[smoogatz]

84. If it is, give them a week--

and they'll be paying the U.S. to take him back.

[Karenina]

160. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I clicked the thread expecting some serious discussion and barely got this far before the tears of laughter were streaming down my cheeks. NOW STOP IT! MY SIDES HURT!!! THIS IS SERIES111

[confludemocrat]

125. caught calling in airstrikes on old folks homes, I bet n/t

[Mabus]

142. They wanted to take Geraldo, but after he soiled himself

they didn't want him on the car seats.

:toast:

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[havocmom]

4. .

damn, gotta go out to where there is no news

[Karenca]

5. Two FOX NEWS Employees Have Apparently Been Kidnapped In Gaza

On CNN....just now,
details to follow

[smb12321]

144. Since when did Hamas & Hizbullah became Dem faves?

What a commentary that posters here offer excuses and/or support for such bloodthirsty entities as Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran & Syria. JFK is spinning in his grave at the virile opposition to the one democracy in the Mideast in favor of religious kooks - how low we have gone.

[RagingInMiami]

6. It wouldn't be Hannity and O'Reilly, would it?

[RebelOne]

62. We should be so lucky.

But I don't think even kidnappers would want them.

[Tight_rope]

105. I second that "We should be so lucky"

[cspanlovr]

8. Were they standing on their balcony?

:sarcasm:

[VolcanoJen]

10. Good one!

:thumbsup:

[Nimrod2005]

11. I am sure they were working hard to report the "GODD NEWS"

from the region...to please both Rummy and Bush the lesser.

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. They pretend that this war stuff is all just scripted entertainment

and then this happens.

[Iwasthere]

24. So true

I am soooo tired of news as entertainment... television used to serve the masses and news was news... reporters took pride in their stories and were careful to avoid deceptions and untruths...

[jobycom]

13. Well, I hope they release the cameraman... and I guess, the producer, too.

It's not easy being a nice guy, is it?

[keta11]

14. Hope its Fred Barnes and ED Hill, my least favorite

Faux News clowns

[keta11]

17. No scratch that. Are sure it wasn't four abductees so I could

add Sh*t Hannity and O'Lielly, the 2 biggest buffoons on that channel.

[LiberalUprising]

141. Damn it the yes buttons are not working

n/t

[Megahurtz]

180. THWA-hahahaha!!!

:spray:

[LTR]

19. Wanna know something scary?

Hill claims to be a "primary-voting Democrat". And Kilmeade seems to favor universal health care.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-08-17-fox-am_x.htm

:eyes:

[keta11]

26. Why dont I believe them? n/t

[MysteryToMyself]

95. Yes Yes Yes

Delete them all!

[burythehatchet]

16. Fox Security's Special Ops - Commando Division is on it nt

[AnneD]

107. Are they the Brown Shirts...

that O'Liely threatens to use. We know for certain that the kidnapped are not Hannity, Limpballs, O'Liely, or Cheney.

[tonkatoy57]

18. How much..

...do we have to pay to get the Palestinians to keep them?

[gratuitous]

20. Best wishes for their swift and safe release

Which is more than I can say for the folks who wished Tom Fox dead and got their wish.

[Brian Stevens]

35. Who is Tom Fox? nt

[Charlie Brown]

39. he's the Christian Peace activist who was murdered in Iraq

most conservatives were overjoyed at the news, because he was a liberal.

[Brian Stevens]

46. Now I remember

Guy slipped my mind. Sorry about that.

[wicket]

44. Amen

n/t

[Charlie Brown]

21. I offer prayers for them and their families and loved ones

Hopefully, they will remain safe and unharmed. The press should never be targeted by thugs and militants, whether they work for Fox or anyone else.

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[Charlie Brown]

36. nt

[Freedom_from_Chains]

102. I am glad to find that someone who post on this board has some

humanity about them. It seems to be rather lacking here.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

171. I'm with you, but I do hope they make them wear clown noses and

fright wigs and have them record their release demands in a news format.

[Ian David]

175. Think they will kill them before Bush abolishes the estate tax? n/t

[iconoclastic cat]

22. "Okay, you American pig dogs! Tell us the truth!" Fox guy: "Excuse me?"

"The truth! The truth!"

Fox guy: "Come again?"

"The truth, you infidel!"

Fox guy: "Can you spell that for me?"

"Aaarrgh! T--R--U--T--H! Truth!"

Fox guy: "Use it in a sentence?"

[bleedingheart]

48. hahaha...in the same vein as ..."kidnappers say they will cut off the ear

of the Faux news employees unless a ransom is paid"

FBI : "ha..we know they are lying"

CNN: "How do you know that?"

FBI: "Because Faux News has never had an ear for news"


adapted from an old Lawrence Welk Joke...hahahaha

[Zhade]

65. LOL

:rofl:

[Roy]

23. They better hope the kidnappers don't watch Fox Cable News...

They probably won't harm them though, they will probably release them as soon as the Fox guys show them proof of Fox News fairness and balance.
......uh ooh...

[NRaleighLiberal]

29. Sort of when a dog eat something that makes it sick, it vomits it out -

I suspect that when the Fox spewers start their garbage they will be ejected quickly.

[RethugAssKicker]

30. Going to be great for Foxs Ratings...unfortunately

[Javaman]

31. Expect this to be covered ad nausium. nt

[Sleepless In NY]

38. I'm sure O'Reilly & Hannity will volunteer to take their place

And Ingraham & Coulter & Rush & Savage...bet they r lining up to make sure the good news gets reported! Wanna bet it was Geraldo who gave out the exact location of the FOX reporters, so that they got abducted? Shame Geraldo! After all your years in "combat" too... you're as clueless as ever.

[reichstag911]

34. O'Lielly can just send in Fox Security;...

...that'll save 'em! :eyes:

[keta11]

51. The Fox Commandos - O'Lielly, Hannity, Gibson etal

atre gonna launch all-out war and bombardment against Gaza, destroy everything for 33 days for the release of their 2 "troops". The UN will step in end of Sept. for ceasefire.

[MysteryToMyself]

111. JUST DO IT!

Yes, delete the whole Bush administration!:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: to you, Michell Malkin

[Megahurtz]

186. Lol!

:D

[MrModerate]

37. Kidnapping journalists in Gaza? That's new . . .

Regardless of who it is. This is a disturbing development.

[Jacobin]

40. Demanding $1.75 in ransom

Faux offering 50 cents.

Negotiations to continue.

:rofl:

[maddezmom]

41. Names have been released

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox. "We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.


A Fox employee in Gaza, who declined to give his name because he was not authorized to release information about the incident, said the two kidnapped people were reporter Steve Centanni, a U.S. citizen, and a cameraman from New Zealand.

The men, along with a bodyguard, were parked near the headquarters of the Palestinian security services when two trucks filled with gunmen pulled up and boxed them in, according to the employee. The gunmen took the two out of their sports utility vehicle, which was marked "TV," and drove away, he said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/gaza_journalists

[Cooley Hurd]

47. I have no idea who Steve Centanni is (since I don't watch Faux)...

...but here's his pic:

[maddezmom]

64. here is his Fox bio

here is his Fox bio:
Steve Centanni is a national correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He has been with the network since its inception in 1996 and has reported on numerous global news stories and events.

In July 2003, Centanni was the first television network reporter to provide on-site reports from the building where Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed after a gun battle with the 101st Airborne Division. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Centanni served as an embedded journalist with the Navy SEAL’s and provided numerous first reports for the network, including a report that the U.S. had captured two main offshore oil terminals located 22 miles off Iraq's southern coast, preventing them from being blown up by the Iraqis.

~snip~

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1182,00.html

[Zhade]

76. Impossible for this guy to not know he works for liars.

And I should feel bad for him, some say?

Fuck that. I don't wish ill on him, but I won't say he didn't earn the hate.

[cali]

181. And fuck bigoted narrow minded comments

like yours. The comments on this thread are just screwed up.

[Radioactive]

162. I hope they are released

Whether he is biased or not he has the balls to go out there into the battle zone to report unlike those pricks who sit in the Fox News studio who spout their bullshit in suits and ties.

Lets not forget the New Zealand cameraman either.

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[BeHereNow]

43. Hate to tell the kidnappers, but Fox news employees aren't journalists...

I guess if they just wanted some hostages, that
would be one thing- but if they were specifically
trying to nab some JOURNALISTS, they sure picked the wrong
people, eh?

Maybe they'll toss them back once they realize
they picked up a couple of media whores instead
of actual journalists.

I certainly hope so, as I would hate for the
kidnappers to mete out retaliation on them
for their part in enabling the situation in the ME.

BHN

[AngryAmish]

124. They aren't journalists, they are perpetrators

Some justice is coming their way.

[Ganja Ninja]

45. Of all the luck.

Not Geraldo or Hannity, not Gibson or O'Reilly not even Greta Van Susteren. A couple of expendable nobodies that FOX can replace in a heartbeat. There's no joy in this only disappointment.

[Brian Stevens]

49. Could be a stern warning. nt

[Marie26]

50. They're Americans, & they're reporters

And they have my best wishes for their safety.

[keta11]

52. Not in my book, they are not reporters

They are faux journalists.

[Marie26]

58. He's a reporter

who works for a right-wing media organization. I don't care. He's still an American reporter who has been kidnapped while on the job. He has a family too. I don't think his kidnappers care if he worked for Fox either; they'd have done the same w/any reporter who happened to be on the scene. This is a disturbing development for all journalists working in the Gaza strip. If we laugh it up at this because of who he worked for, then we're no better than the Freepers who made fun of Jill Carroll, IMO.

[Zhade]

70. Respectfully, no, that's not true.

We're, or at least I'm, laughing at the irony of this - that people working for the single biggest lie-factory on television get kidnapped by some of the very people they constantly lie about.

No one wishes for them to die, but it's hard to have sympathy for people who align themselves with professional liars for money.

[Marie26]

177. I guess it's ironic,

but I find it hard to laugh about. But to each his own.

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[maddezmom]

55. One is from the US the other is from New Zealand

but they both have my best wishes for a safe return.

A Fox employee in Gaza, who declined to give his name because he was not authorized to release information about the incident, said the two kidnapped people were reporter Steve Centanni, a U.S. citizen, and a cameraman from New Zealand.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/gaza_journalists

[rainbow4321]

126. Here is a Fox link to Centanni's bio/pic

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1182,00.html

In 2006, Centanni provided on-site live coverage on rescue efforts for miners trapped in a West Virginia coal mine. Last year he reported from London on the aftermath of the London bombings, and from Rome in April during the funeral of Pope John Paul II. In 2004, Centanni provided coverage throughout the year on the presidential election.

In July 2003, Centanni was the first television reporter to provide on-site reports from the building where Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed after a gun battle with the 101st Airborne Division. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Centanni served as an embedded journalist with the Navy SEAL's and provided numerous first reports for the network, including a report that the U.S. had captured two main offshore oil terminals located 22 miles off Iraq's southern coast, preventing them from being blown up by the Iraqis.

Previously, while covering the War on Terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Centanni was first to report the fall of the Taliban in their final stronghold of Kandahar. During Operation Enduring Freedom, he reported on U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, the new interim government in Kabul and hostilities between Pakistani and Indian troops along the frontlines in Kashmir. Currently, Centanni is covering the crisis in Iraq and is stationed in Doha, Qatar.

[Marie26]

176. Thanks for the info. nt

[Zhade]

56. Liars. Not reporters. LIARS.

Sadly, there's no "infuriated" smilie to show my rage at what a ridiculous concept it is to call anyone connected with FOX News "reporters".

But I'm not angry at you, you have a good heart and are just being too kind to people who helped sell the Iraq war lies and countless others. You mean well - it's just that they don't deserve that label.

:hi:

[Charlie Brown]

57. even the cameraman?

surely simply working for the wrong people is not complicity in their policies.

[Zhade]

73. Unless he's so incompetent he never watched his potential employer...

...before taking the job, I can't feel sympathy for him. Empathy, but not sympathy.

[Marie26]

136. I understand

:hi: Well, I guess it depends on your definition. I think Fox News is only slightly worse than CNN & MSNBC. All are mindless, repetitive, & superficial - sometimes it seems like CNN is just as into the fear-mongering & propaganda. At least w/Fox News, you know what you're getting. :shrug: Also, I have a little more respect for the correspondents than the desk "pundits" like O'Reilly & Hannity. Fox News or no, they are actually out there in the field in dangerous places like Beirut & Gaza. So who's a "real" journalist - it's getting hard to tell! Personally, I'd vote for Jon Stewart.

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[mitchum]

150. They are propagandists and neonazi shills, not reporters

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[Joanne98]

54. Send the kidnappers the "Outfoxed" video.....

Just so they know exactly who they have.....

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[Cooley Hurd]

68. Can you point me to a post calling for the deaths of these...

..."so-called" journalists?:shrug:

There are many who are making jokes, but I've not seen any posts calling for the Faux News shitheads to be killed.:eyes:

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[stepnw1f]

60. I Will Remain Skeptical

until more info is release regarding this. Why am I so skeptical? Oh... because Fox News is a propaganda channel for the Neo-con agenda and have shilled for the Penatagon before.

[Cooley Hurd]

63. Oddly enough, I turned the channel to Faux and NO mention yet...

...of ANY kidnappings on Shep Smith's shitfest.:shrug:

[bluedog]

61. they'll let them go......

because the abductors thought they were getting


JOURNALISTS not "URINALISTS"

[Joanne98]

67. The freepers are reading this thread....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

We are SO bad. We are not offering our prayers... BOO HOO!

Abathar
DU is is cesspool. They are unwilling to offer their prayers for the Fox Journalists in their time of need. Moreover, they show themselves to be hypocrites as they did not say such evil things when Jill Carroll was kidnapped in Iraq.

45 posted on 08/14/2006 11:53:30 AM PDT by trumandogz
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Lord Jesus put a hedge of protection around these men. Make your presence known and allow them to be freed...unharmed. Oh Father be with their loved ones just now. ><>



48 posted on 08/14/2006 11:55:52 AM PDT by mrs tiggywinkle
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why are you even reading their sh*t ? honest question ? who cares about DU, 90% of those guys are anti semetic and anti christian scumballs.

We should wear their spite as a badge of honor..



49 posted on 08/14/2006 11:56:04 AM PDT by se_ohio_young_conservative (If you love peace more than you love freedom, you are bound to be left hopeless with neither one)

[Zhade]

78. Why does anyone care what inbred hick Nazi fucks think?

Fuck freepers, they're not worth the time it takes to type that sentence.

[LordLovesAWorkingMan]

97. Ouch.

Tell us how you really feel! :)

[Synnical]

99. After what was posted over there this AM about Jill Carroll

They need to keep the noise down.

KIDNAP -- of Jill Carroll
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1683498/posts

To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
This part of her story seems to have told and re-told repeatedly over the past few days.

Where's the part where she criticizes Islamofascism, calls the terrorists a bunch of muderous barbarians, and thanks God for a country like the United States? I seem to have missed that part of her story.
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp

""You're my brother, you're truly my brother," I said in Arabic."

Patty Hearst syndrome before and after the kidnapping? I'm still not convinced she wasn't in on the plot.

4 posted on 08/14/2006 11:08:20 AM PDT

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To: kjo

I think we may have found a cure for liberalism. Just have the insurgents kidnap and threaten to kill them and they'll understand!

11 posted on 08/14/2006 11:13:20 AM PDT

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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp; Chieftain; SandRat; ClearCase_guy

Well, its not a bad deal...

Airfare to Iraq: .....$1000. dollars
New Scarf to wear for your "kidnapping".....$3 dollars
Makeup for your "release" MSM videos....$14.dollars


Making multi millions on your " I was a Terrorist Hostage" book and movie......PRICELESS !!

13 posted on 08/14/2006 11:14:41 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie

[Cooley Hurd]

110. Nice post!

And thank you for doing the leg work in the internet's equivalent of Hitler's Bunker.

Imagine that... hypocritical repugs!

[Bluzmann57]

184. So Jill Carroll's abduction was a fake?!

Ya know, that is totally wrong to say things like that. But, here in DU there is always some sort of conspiracy theory floating around, so what's the difference? A half baked conspiracy theory is a half baked conspiracy theory no matter if it's a freeper theory or a DU theory. I hope these men are released safe and sound, regardless of who they work for. They are still human beings and no human deserves to be kidnapped.

[mitchum]

158. ...and their lips are moving

[OregonDem]

188. Do they really think Jesus reads their prayers at Freepville?

What do they think that will accomplish? I mean really.
I suppose they also think their posted prayers are actually helping the troops more than them getting off their lazy butts and signing up. They should know that the Army has lowered the minimum requirements for intelligence in their aptitude tests, so they really don't have an excuse.

[darkism]

69. Guys, we're better than this.

They're certainly not reporters or journalists over at Fox, but they are human beings, and no human being should have harm perpetrated upon it.

Remember that Wes Clark is an analyst for Fox; if he got kidnapped would everyone still be cheering just because he happens to work for the devil?

My wishes for their safe return.

[RagingInMiami]

71. It's called black humor

I seriously doubt anybody here wishes real harm on them.

[LordLovesAWorkingMan]

74. black humor is funny; this isn"t nt

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[mitchum]

151. I do, but I never said that I was a nice person

I have little sympathy for neonazi shills

[Zhade]

79. We can't savor the irony?

These people engage in and enable FOX News' constant lies about pretty much everything, including the Palestinians, and then they're seized by some of the very people they've lied about incessantly - helping craft American opinion that gets these people killed by Americans not being outraged by the Israeli government's treatment of them.

From a karmic viewpoint, the irony is perfect, and informative: don't lie about others, because you might be at their mercy someday.

That's not wishing ill on them; it's recognizing the funny way life works.

[smoogatz]

90. Thank you.

Irony is lost on the majority of Americans--even here at DU. Thanks for articulating it so well.

[Cooley Hurd]

96. If it weren't for the concept of irony...

...I would've jumped off a bridge these last few years. Thank you, Daily Show and Colbert Report!:thumbsup:

[AlCzervik]

72. maybe i'm a duh but this seems like a new tactic for this particular area

i wouldn't be surprised if this was iraq or Afghanawhere? but this surprises me. I hope both are released soon and intact.

[BattyDem]

75. Fox has helped to destroy our country .... BUT

I'm not going to cheer about this. I hope both journalist's remain safe and are released as soon as possible. My heart goes out to their families. :-(

[Zhade]

80. Yes, their families deserve sympathy.

Again, I think most are not wishing them ill, but noting the irony.

[Brian Stevens]

89. I look at it this way

First off, I did NOT wish harm and such on those 2 lets get that perfectly clear. I said it because of the reason that why should we even care. I look at anyone who works at Fox News as members or ex members of KKK (maybe except Colmes but he is too soft on the channel). They are the right wing thugs propaganda machine, when you work for them, you are branded for life. Sympathy to the families of the kidnapped, but NOT FOX NEWS!!

[BattyDem]

91. Oh, I love the irony ... but I honestly do hope they return safely.

Not one more person should die in this BS war!

[smoogatz]

103. Prayers for their safe return.

May they come back intact and tell the truth about the Israeli/US war of aggression against Lebanon, and the oppression of the Palestinian people.

[smoogatz]

101. I'm wishing it was Hannity and O'Reilly, kidnapped in Baghdad.

Now THAT would be irony. Not that they'd have the cojones to actually go and show us how great everything's going over there.

[MysteryToMyself]

140. I hope the men are okay too

You are right. If Gore had won there would be a lot more soldiers living and our air and water would be cleaner and our coffers wouldn't be empty. There would be no perpetual war.

And Kerry, if he had won, we would still be better off.

[Gregorian]

82. Maybe now they can give the runaway brides a chance to run away.

I'm sorry. I should feel for these poor people. But I don't. Just their association to Fox should not give me an excuse to not care. But it does. Forgive me. I know when the truth comes out, I'll be saddened that these were human beings.

[Tom Joad]

85. Israel shoots to kill. Remember James Miller.

Just one example.

[smoogatz]

86. No worries. It's just those birth pangs Condi was talking about.

It's all good. This means Bush's ingenious plan to reshape the Middle East is working!

[SoCalDem]

87. Where ever will they get lip gloss now? (or are they men)

maybe they were allowed to take some with them...and the hairdresser too?

just being facetious.. I am sure their families are very worried, and I hope no harm comes to them..(I am supposing they are men ) I doubt Roger would allow any of his Foxy-Foxes to be anywhere near those Ay-Rab men :sracasm:

[MysteryToMyself]

88. Malkin is on the case

From Michelle Malkin:

"Update:

Fox critics at Newshound send classy wishes for a speedy return, but Flopping Aces finds the predictably disgusting at DU."

[Cooley Hurd]

93. Screw Malkin... her bark is worse than her bite...

Oops! Scratch that...:rofl:

[LaCrosseDem]

100. What a yucky thought!

[ronnykmarshall]

170. Now I see how she got her job.

Same with La Spears.

[smoogatz]

98. Hey, maybe Fox will send Malkin over to replace them.

Not that she'd actually have the stones to put herself in harm's way, of course.

[Raster]

104. michelle malkin calling ANYONE predictably disgusting is a hoot.

For the record, no one at DU condones or advocates violence against journalists, even Faux News journalists. However we do recognize the irony of the worlds largest faux news organization, that has been the number one cheerleader for this illegal and immoral war, should have their employees abducted.

And Ms. Malkin, you have no business calling anyone's responses or retorts "predictably disgusting." Let's not forget the bile you spew on a regular basis for handsome profit. You are a hypocrite of the first order.

[MysteryToMyself]

108. A big boo hoo hoo hoo to malkin

(was that hateful of me, or what?)

[maxrandb]

92. In other Breaking News, 2 members of the Corleone Family

were abducted by the Bardzini Family.

Thugs kidnapping thugs. Happens all the time.

[coalition_unwilling]

94. Would not Hamas be entirely justified in regarding FOX

employees as "enemy combatants", using the same pathetic, arbitrary criteria we used to send people to Gitmo?

[MysteryToMyself]

106. It is called getting a taste of your own whip

Those who beat war drums can end up in war.

Having said that, I hope the two men come out of it unhurt and I hope the Palastinians who took them don't get thrown in jail forever.

[mitchum]

154. I would certainly think so

[GoddessOfGuinness]

109. I hope they're returned safely to their families.

Violence will not settle the problems in the Middle East.

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[Cooley Hurd]

116. I wouldn't...

Maybe smeared with feces and sporting underoos on his head, but not beheaded.

[smoogatz]

119. Ew. Drafted and shipped to Iraq, maybe.

Or given sodium pentathol on the air.

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[MysteryToMyself]

130. Take as long as you need to delete the Bush Administration

& don't forget to delete Michell Malkin.

I love the smell and sound of Bushites and Malkin being deleted in the evening. Turn up the sound. I want to hear the birth pangs of a new Democracy!

:applause: :rofl:

[saltpoint]

114. In the political arena hereabouts, FOX News people are fair game,

and we don't hold much back posting what we think of their "balanced" reporting.

Here, with this abduction, they are unaffiliated humans who deserve unimpeded throughway for their work.

I hope they are released, soon, and unharmed.

[Charlie Brown]

115. here here

Criticizing the message and standards of news reporters is completely separate from this incident. All human beings deserve to be kept safe from abductions and physical harm.

We can all despise Fox news and still hope these two people are quickly and safely released.

[jonstewartgirl]

131. *prays*

please I hope it was O'Reilly that got kidnapped

oh sorry did I say that outloud :p

[Tight_rope]

121. Are they really "HUMANS"?

:sarcasm:

[saltpoint]

129. No sarcasm from me on this one -- yes, they're humans. They would

be humans to their wives, or husbands, or daughters, or sons, or neighbors, or S.O.s or co-workers, or friends.

We have every leave to object to the horrendous reporting on FOX News, and we fire away accordingly.

But abduction trumps politics. No one should be taken and held against their will, nevermind harmed.

[keta11]

133. Were these "reporters" captured or abducted?

I think captured would be a proper description of the situation given that they worked for the PR Department of the other side.

HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marie26]

138. Me too.

That should go w/o saying.

[DRoseDARs]

120. I'm sure the Freepers will respond to this like they ALWAYS do...

:sarcasm:

[screenplaya]

122. Fake?

How do we know it is real and not some stunt? Seriously, the Republic party lies, spins and paints everything else, why not this?

Also, FOX is negotiating to obtain their release? I thought the Republicists did not negotiate with terrorists. No, that's a lie.

There is a clear choice this fall.

[tanyev]

123. This is going to make it difficult for him to report on all that good news

Hope they get out OK.

[K8-EEE]

128. BushCo's War On Terror Certainly Is Working--NOT!

It's never been as fucked up there since he started "fixing" things...

[MysteryToMyself]

135. What? You mean we aren't winning the war on terra?

But we heard and saw birth pains of Democracy and spent all that money..... Now I am scared and shaky :scared:

[K8-EEE]

145. We're Fighting Them THERE

and they are supposed to all REPORT THERE, like Iraq is Terr'rist Fly Paper. All the terrorists go there and then they leave everybody else alone! You see? It's really very simple. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

[Cassandra]

132. Fox News has nothing on its website about it.

Silly me, I thought they'd have some news. I hope they are both ok and wish it were 2 of Fox's finest anchors.

[Oreo]

134. MediaBistro has a lot of info about this

Including a lovely internal email from FOX

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

FNC senior VP John Moody's internal message to Fox News personnel about the kidnapping:

"The rumors are true: two of our employees have been abducted in Gaza. We will report this fact via our Israel correspondents. Do NOT do any other segments on it. Do not book guests on this topic. Do not comment officially and of course, not on the air, about it. DO pray for their release. I will keep you posted."


They finally get a chance to report something that's actually occurring and they pass on it.

[Marie26]

137. I wonder why? nt

[Radioactive]

155. The cameraman is from New Zealand

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200608151010/38866447

[Radioactive]

157. edit

....

[KansDem]

139. Maybe they ran out of manure in Gaza and needed some real quick...

Nothing like a couple of FoxNews "journalists" for large amounts of bullshit in a hurry!

[cornermouse]

143. I feel sorry for their families.

[slowry]

147. Any of you who find this amusing...

... are just as disconnected from reality as Fox News -- not to mention a thousand times more immoral than any of the sludge on their network. These are American citizens who you may disagree with, but they've committed no crime and don't deserve this.

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[slowry]

161. Awesome

Yeah, you're all for torture and death because their ideals conflict with yours. Guess you don't believe in the American values you are, I assume, here on DU to defend.

[mitchum]

166. Hmmm...

how do you know that "torture and death" are their fate? Seems like YOU are the one thinking about brutality and sadism. That sounds like a pretty sick mind to me.

[metamorph]

164. I don't find it amusing...

...I think it's poetic justice. They make a living off of the blood and misery of the Palestinians and Iraqis and whoever else the Liar-in-Chief and his jackbooted neo-con buddies tell them to propagandize against. Let them see what it feels like.

As for their families...I'm sure Goebbels had family too. They'll get over it. And if they don't...:nopity:

[mitchum]

168. Welcome to DU, metamorph!

I couldn't agree with you more

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[mitchum]

169. I know where they were, but I think the site can't be mentioned here

[Ian David]

179. They've been complicit in Bush's crimes against humanity

Goebels may never have actually picked-up a weapon and killed someone personally, but he was every bit as complicit in The Holocaust and Mengele and Hitler.

Welcome to DU, by the way.

I'm glad to see that you've used one of your first two posts to rush to the defense of the people who have been abusing and dismantling our country.

The people in front of the cameras at Fox are every bit as complicit as the people behind the barrels of the guns.

The pen is mightier than the sword... and equally complicit in the ongoing global Genocide.

These Nazi Information Officers get absolutely ZERO sympathy from me.

Boo fucking hoo.

They kidnapped Faux TV employees.

It's their war. I hope they enjoy reaping its fruits.

[slowry]

191. Loving this welcome...

I'm glad to see you've jumped to a Hitler analogy.

Barrels of what guns, by the way? Those of American soldiers? I suppose you'd be just as satisfied if these were soldiers who were kidnapped -- somehow I doubt that (or maybe I really did give DU too much credit, having been a quiet fan up until I read of this story and the tone of the majority of responses).

If you believe these two to be complicit in war crimes, then surely there is a better way to deal with them, rather than out-sourcing justice to these kidnappers, who would just as likely take you hostage, were you in the area as a reporter.

[Radioactive]

148. I'm ashamed of myself!

I said "yayyyyyyyy" when I read this. :((((( I am better than that!

I shouldn't be like those right wing scum who didn't give a fu&* about the Al Jazeera reporters that were deliberatly targeted and murdered during the Iraq war.

[mitchum]

149. I'm in tears...

but that always happens when I'm chopping up onions

[davidinalameda]

152. it's pretty disgusting when anyone makes light of people getting kidnapped

thanks for giving ammo to the other side

:puke:

[Ian David]

174. They cheer leaded for this disaster. They helped create this mess...

if anyone deserves to pay the price, then it's those bastards.

I wish that no journalist would ever be kidnapped, tortured, and fed their own, quivering testicles on a plate... but if it has to happen to somebody, then I will cheer and shout that it be someone from Faux "News."

[Radioactive]

159. Its Steve Centanni!!!

The cameraman is from New Zealand.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200608151010/38866447

Steve's bio - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1182,00.html

[Joey Liberal]

163. They are not "Journalists" if they work for Faux

They are war mongering, hypocritical, swift boating, assholes. But, I wish them well.............

[goforit]

167. LOL!!! The junta kidnapped?

[Ian David]

172. You forgot to put the words "News" and "Journalists" in quotes...

and perhaps even "abducted."

Some people say those "journalists" staged their own abduction so they spend time having sex with child prostitutes.

Did Rush Limbaugh arrange a child sex tourism junket for Fox TV journalists? That's what folks are saying.

[OregonDem]

173. We'll probably see them in a video being used as propaganda

to further the interests of their kidnappers.

Of course being on tv as propaganda is nothing new for those who work for Fox.

By the way I wonder how many Fox news reporters were lost in Iraq reporting all that dancing and flower throwing.

[burythehatchet]

178. In bid to keep up with Fox, CNN offers 2 of their own to Hamas.

[Poll_Blind]

182. LOL! Heh heh...So true! n/t

PB

[Skittles]

183. I wish them well

I hope for their safety

[KamaAina]

185. Fox News *journalists*?!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That phrase is an oxymoron (not to be confused with Rush, who is the OxyMoron)!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

187. sorry if already noted, BUT

WHO IN THERE RIGHT MIND WOULD KIDNAP A FOX NEWS JOURNALIST(S)?

[flyarm]

189. my sincerest wishes that they are returned safely.

and that they are returned safely to their familes and my condolences to their familes..in this trying time..

fly

[Megahurtz]

190. Whatevers

I really don't wish any harm on these people no matter who they work for,
in fact, I would rather see them be released ASAP.

Hell, maybe these people took the job blindly,
are trying to get out,
but they have a family to feed.:think:

Seriously, does anyone think that the New Zealander cameraman is a Neocon???:wtf:

Does anybody really think that simply working for FAUX News deserves
getting your fucking head cut off or something???

Sorry, but I don't!

Holy Crap! You people need to chuck the "Lynch:evilgrin:Mob" attitude!

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[Joe Bacon]

193. Dennis Miller and his Chimp?

Hey, now THAT is a creative way to start with a new employer, RIGHT???????

[Roland99]

194. Why does the song "Love Hurts" come to mind?

[Moderator]

195. Lock

Disgraceful