Injured Reporter and Photog

[Tripper11]

I am really sorry that Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt were so seriously injured trying to report on Iraq, truly I am.
What chaps my hide though as I watch the local ABC(KOMO Seattle) affiliate they have asked that people concerned should send flowers and cards etc to ABC Corporate etc.
Not only is the local and national ABC playing this story hard, all other media are also going for it, which on one level is a little odd considering they are all in competition with each other.
Why?
What makes Woodruff and Vogt any more important than any single soldier that has been wounded, maimed or killed in this illegal war?
Please make no mistake I am NOT trying to minimize their injuries by any means. Anyone hurt or killed in an illegal war does not deserve it.
I see ages of kids dying daily in this war ranging from 18 and up. Some of these people have yet to start a family.
WHY?

[renate]

1. you're exactly right

I hope the penny drops for all the people watching these news shows and they come to the exact same conclusion.

[Obamarama]

2. Send flowers to ABC Corporate? WTF, Woodruff & Vogt are in Germany

What an asshat idea. Anyone who would actually be DUMB enough to do it deserves to be parted from their hard-earned cash.

[TomInTib]

3. As tragic as it may be, this is a story we needed....

This is a real story (unlike Jessica Lynch and the 1st Pat Tillman accounts) that can be played over and over with real impact.
Unlike dead soldiers (whose numbers have become somewhat numbing) this has a very singular- albeit ironic- focus. And Americans are just obsessed with network anchors.
As to the irony that is part of this message, they were in Iraq to provide some "feelgood" coverage for bunnypants' SOTU runup.
Pardon the pun, but this has blown up in their faces.

I remember something like this happening in Viet Nam to a pop band. Brandi someone and the somethings. The story of their plane shootdown had long legs and impact.

[LisaL]

4. Well, what makes any famous person any more important

than any of us? I never even heard of Chris Penn, but when he died of unknown causes, it made national news. If anybody else died in their apartment for no apparent reason, we would have never heard of it.

[TomInTib]

5. Ignorance and stupidity, that's what does it. Only in America...

could Roseanne Barr have the top rated tv show. That was some time ago but not much has changed since.

In a culture of celebrity the important stuff is swept to the side of the road so we can watch an idiot like Tom Cruise jump up and down on Oprah's couch over and over.

[traitorsinDC]

6. That's strange

I don't understand why they want flowers, etc sent to the
corporate office. It's my understanding that Woodruff's wife
is in Germany with him. Did you hear that too?  

I heard that the doctors removed part of his skull to relieve
pressure on his brain. He's seriously injured. I do hope he's
going to be alright, but, you're right. He's no better than
anyone else that has been injured.

[Ron Green]

7. Maybe they'll make a story out of it. Run tape of a gazillion flowers in

ABC's lobby, and get a low-cost human-interest feature out of
it.

[Just Me]

8. I've been,...uh,...in hibernation the last several days. What happened?

:shrug:

Bob Woodruff's been seriously injured? What happened? I'd sincerely appreciate an update.

Thanks in advance. :hug:

[Tripper11]

9. Here you go....

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/IraqCoverage/story?id=1556157&page=1

[Just Me]

10. OMG!!!!

x(

I wonder what he was prepared to report? He was on his way out to report on something he found important.

I hope both of them will be okay!!! ;(

[dflprincess]

11. I've been wondering if this will push the MSM over the edge so

they finally go after Bushco.

[malaise]

12. I said the same thing this morning

The Corporate media refuse to show us news about dead and injured soldiers and have now made themselves the news. Of course I'm sorry for the individuals but I'm ten times more sorry for the parents, wives and children of dead and injured soldiers.

Sp.

[hedgehog]

13. I hadn't heard about sending flowers

but sometimes when something happens to a face that people recognize, they start paying attention. That may not be a bad thing. People who will never meet a soldier will be watching each day to see if and how these two men recover. It's the one event that will bring the war home to them.

I think a lot of the newspeople (as opposed to commentators) have been trying to give an honest picture of the situation. They've made it quite clear that while the American troops are doing their best, Iraq is an unsafe place. More and more it looks to me that any chance for stability was completely lost in the first 24 hours after we went in and failed to take control of the country because we were so busy "protecting" the oil wells.