Originally Posted by 777 global mile hound
Joe is one of my favorite reporters.
He is often factual on a number of topics and not afraid to speak his mind right or wrong.
So many reporters are fearful of what they say.
Joe doesn't hold back.
Joe is NOT A REPORTER, HE IS A COLUMNIST! Reporters report facts/events (perhaps distorted by virtue of their own backgrounds) and are not supposed to opinionate. Columnists opinionate and only ocassionally rely on facts to do so. If you consider him to be a REPORTER then you had better reassess how you look at journalism and I dare say life. Reporters are supposed to be impassionate observers and recorders of events, not editorialists! This is a basic tennat of journalism. However, in today's world of Fox "journalism" and CNN dominance, the craft has sunk to new lows and as exemplified by the FTer quoted, now misrepresents to readers something that it never was intended to.
I repeat JOE IS NOT A REPORTER!!!!!!!