Joe Wurtzelbacher Does The Press
January 13, 2009 / 2:19 pm • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierOstensibly, Joe the Plumber reports from Israel for Pajamas Media. And he is, in fact, reporting about the Israel war from Israel as a journalist. But what he’s really doing is putting lie to the idea that a war correspondent needs to be trained journalists to be a credible reporter.
Pajamas Media scored a marketing coup by hiring Joe. They simultaneously get war reporting and the added press of being hated by the press. It’s a win-win!
As newspapers decline and other mainstream media sources lose influence, it’s no fun being shown up by an American everyman who will get followers because he’s unabashedly pro-Israel while trying to report the facts. Citizen journalism, indeed. It’s the biggest threat to the Mainstream media and their worst fear realized. And, it’s delightful entertainment watching it unfold.
