Maybe the IDF can give him to Hamas in exchange for that Israeli soldier back. Then he’d actually be useful for once.

And to think I used to laugh at Jeff Jarvis and Jay Rosen when they yammered about “citizen journalism.”

That dude from The Shield isn’t taking his series ending very well.

I look forward to seeing Pajamas’ Media’s star reporter taking more hardline stances against the ability of reporters, working for media organizations, to report on things.

It’s hard to believe he isn’t just trolling everyone with this.

What a fascist.

And to think I used to laugh at Jeff Jarvis and Jay Rosen when they yammered about “citizen journalism.”

I wouldn’t be surprised to discover that a consortium of MSM outlets are secretly funding Joedaplumba and Pajamas Media in order to discredit the entire concept of Web-based journalism.

It’s either that or the executives at Pajamas Media are Bialystock and Bloom. Otherwise, it’s hard to explain how this ignorant, inarticulate moron would be hired by even a small-scale news outlet.

“explain how this ignorant, inarticulate moron would be hired by even a small-scale news outlet.”

Simple he went to the lowest bidder. We are talking low bid here obviously.

What a fascist.

I was thinking “fuckwit”

I wonder if he’s aware of the concept of preparatory research.

Odds say no…..

Wouldn’t it be fun to see him interview Palin?  “um, why did you….? ”  “I’m just going to skip that quesiotn like the maverick I am and talk right past you joe.”  “Well, what is the best way to prepare a moose?”  “Ummmm, all of them. My staff brings them to me and I try to read all of them.”

holy kook. I’m kinda surprised he didn’t mention the fact that it’s really cold back in Ohio and that proves Al Gore is wrong on Global Warming. . . and that kids used to have to learn how to write cursive but now they are listening to Ipods, IPODS!, in grammar school. And just one more thing, he will not push 1 for English, though he may if 2 is for Hebrew.

Ok, people say Ann Coulter is secretly some kind of brilliant satirist but “Joe Wurzlebacher” HAS to be fake. I bet if some real reporters dug deep enough they’d find that he bears a striking resemblance to some dude who wrote for the Harvard Lampoon back in the late eighties and hasn’t been heard from since.

“I think the media should have no business in it,” he said. Awesome. He did use the word asinine, which is at least two syllables more than I expected out of him.

Obama should really consider Bill Maher’s idea to give Wurzelbacher his own special tax bracket of 95%.

PRECISELY!!! I think he should be immediately arrested for trying to report in a war zone, and if he’s found to have ever eaten lobster, he should be stoned to death….

With really little stones so it takes a long time, and he gets to see Palin lose again.

BTW, WTF is that t-shirt he’s wearing? Couldn’t he at least have worn a “Pete’s Chili Shack” golf shirt with at least 1 button remaining?

...GOD! I have so many questions in my head…

This guy is such a stupid asshole. The evil part of me hopes Joe gets his mouth blown off. The good part of me, on the other hand, simply prays this tool will crawl back into the bubbling, frothing pit of stupidity from whence he came, and never afflict the the public with his bullshit again.

“Joe” suffers from the same lack of self-awareness that Palin does.  Neither one of them is actually able to understand that there are things they just aren’t very good at, like critically analyzing a situation and taking a look at their position within it.  Nope, it’s the form of oversized self-assurance, of a bloated sense of self-worth and an internalization of the idea that knowledge and skill aren’t necessary for anything, and that it just takes “sticktoitiveness, gosh darnit” and you can be anything and do anything well. 

Fuckwits.

So in other words, Joe, you’ve learned nothing. “I prefer propaganda films to investigative journalism any day!”

That dude from The Shield

Well, he’s lost weight, and he’s demonstrating his range by playing a character without any self-awareness.

He will be much better on camera during his 2012 presidential run.

Nope, it’s the form of oversized self-assurance, of a bloated sense of self-worth and an internalization of the idea that knowledge and skill aren’t necessary for anything, and that it just takes “sticktoitiveness, gosh darnit” and you can be anything and do anything well.

But somehow it’s liberals who want to do away with the meritocracy.

I believe this is the first ever foreign journalistic assignment troll. I mean, you have internet trolls and print trolls and TV pundit trolls, but sending that person to Israel really does just raise the bar on trolling.

As such, you should treat him as a troll.

I’m mostly outraged at the people in these very comments not giving any respect to The Commish.

I got the feeling that he’s never really heard of Israel, and he’s extremely confused by what it is along with WHERE it is. 

I thought it was great when he said “Israel people.” 

And was anybody else squirming, too?  I was so embarrassed for him, mainly because he doesn’t have the sense to be so for himself.  God, what the rest of the world must think of us…

“I thought it was great when he said “Israel people.” “
” God, what the rest of the world must think of us…”

Speaking of, I would love to read the reactions of people from Isreal who saw the report by Joe the Plumber.

It may make some good ammo against his supporters.

I just have to quote this because it’s awesome:

“I think the media should be abolished from reporting.”

I think we have a Mensa candidate on our hands!

He’s clumsy and heavy-handed, uninformed, but he’s on Israel’s side.  I am beginning to think that reporting is more a demonstration of one’s belief in one’s side—if you’ve ever seen al-Jazeera in Arabic, you’ll know what I’m talking about—or the “sophisticated” Barbara Plett of the BBC crying over Arafat’s coffin.

The “Sderot rocket stockpile” interview is an industry standard, like the “Gaza hospital” interview, and I have visions of a panel of judges holding up signs “7.0” “9.0” “6.9” like at the Olympics.

Ok, people say Ann Coulter is secretly some kind of brilliant satirist but “Joe Wurzlebacher” HAS to be fake. I bet if some real reporters dug deep enough they’d find that he bears a striking resemblance to some dude who wrote for the Harvard Lampoon back in the late eighties and hasn’t been heard from since.

Any day now he’s going to pull of his mask and reveal that he’s actually Andy Kaufman.