Posted by
Mike Bates on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:47:45 PM
On today's CNN Newsroom, anchor
Kyra Phillips let viewers know exactly what she thinks of Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber. On the 2:00 PM (ET) segment she teased the story:
PHILLIPS: Oh, Lord, Joe The Plumber's got a new gig. It's got nothing to do with the pipes, it's got everything to do with Gaza.
And later again:
PHILLIPS: You've seen the last of this guy? Not. Now
Joe The Plumber wants to flush out the truth as a war correspondent. I
know, there are just no words. Stay here for details on his Middle East
trip.
Minutes later she reported:
Hey, Joe, what do you know? No, seriously, what do you
know? Since that whole plumbing thing didn't work out, I mean. Now, Joe
Wurzelbacher is decamping to the Middle East. That's right, the plumber
slash author slash singer.
His latest career gambit? War correspondent. He's going spend ten
days in Israel reporting for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. And he
says he hopes to air Israelis' views on the Gaza offensive. Lord, help
us.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JOE WURZELBACHER, WAR CORRESPONDENT FOR PJTV.COM: And it's tragic. I
mean, it really is. I don't say that in any little way. It's very
tragic.
But at the same time, what are the Israel people supposed to do? I
get to go over their and let their average Joes show their story, what
they think, how they feel. Especially with, you know, world opinion.
Maybe get a real story out there.
(END VIDEO CLIP) PHILLIPS: Get a real story out there. Just want to
remind you that Joe the Plumber has no journalism experience. No war
zone experience either. But he thinks he's, quote, "pretty well
protected by God."
So, what's Joe been smoking, drinking?
Kyra just had to remind viewers that Joe has no journalism
experience. Unlike the Washington Post's Janet Cooke, the Chicago
Tribune's Bob Greene, the Boston Globe's Mike Barnicle, the New York
Times's Jayson Blair and the many others who've shown how crucial that
experience is.
I wouldn't think Phillips, who gained considerable notoriety in a restroom,
would think "flush" jokes are all that humorous. Apparently, Kyra
didn't exhaust her invective on her "control freak" sister-in-law.
She's saved some for a guy imprudent enough to have challenged The One,
a man so non-professional as to say something good about Sarah Palin.
Lord, there are just no words, Kyra.