Media’s Tiresome Coverage of Woodruff
The recent injuries suffered by ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt in Iraq have been all over the news this past week. All of the networks, cable news, and even local news channels were making it a top story.
I certainly hope they both make a full recovery and am glad that their families did not lose them. I have great respect for anyone who puts themselves in harms way when they are not required to.
That being said, I have been frustrated to see the obsessive over-coverage of this incident. I realize Bob Woodruff is a recognizable face to many because he is a national news anchor. But what really irked me was how the media gave relentless coverage of this for days on end. What about the our brave military soldiers over there? Did they cover the incidents where our soldiers died that day?
Bob Woodruff is not any more important or any more brave than our great military personnel there in Iraq and around the world.
In fact, he’s not even in the same league as our troops. But with the coverage of this incident, it seems the media thinks that Woodruff is more important. He is not. Our military faces those incidents and attacks every day! He travels over there to cover the war, for a very short time and some how he’s a hero? Yet again proof that the media has no clue about what is important. Their self-important mindset is sad and disgraceful. I really hope and pray that they will change someday.
I came across this article the other day and I completely agree with it. It really echoed what I have felt since this story broke. Our troops deserve better recognition for their efforts and sacrifice.
