America’s military establishment has declared a jihad against physically challenged members of the Fourth Estate.
That’s virtually every print and broadcast journalist covering the Pentagon and its present and future battlefields.
Seems U.S. snake-eaters in Afghanistan claim most war correspondents there can’t keep up on fast-paced foot patrols through dangerous sand dunes and mountain ranges.
Preparing for the strike against Iraq, the Pentagon is offering a voluntary bootcamp for reportorial huffers and puffers assigned to that military operation.
Can you imagine Jerry Nachman—the portly, cigar-smoking editor-in-chief of MSNBC cable news—doing pushups, forced marches and donning a Size XXXL survival suit to ward off biological, chemical or nuclear fallout?
Come on, troops. Most journalists will simply follow the tradition of attending news briefings and sipping scotch while filing so-called battlefield reports.
Only idiots like Geraldo Rivera will risk sniper fire on the Iraqi frontlines. (3 NOVEMBER 2002)
