Joe is onto something--
Wurzelbacher added that "war is hell and if you're going to sit there and say, 'Look at this atrocity,' well, you don't know the full story behind it half the time, so I think the media should have no business in it."
Joe defends Israel
Citizens of Sderot "can't do normal things day to day" like wash their hair, because of the fear of Hamas' rockets, the former plumber said.
"I'm sure they're taking quick showers," he said. "I know I would."
While touring a facility of spent rockets with the head of the Government Press Office, Danny Seaman, and an official government photographer, Wurzelbacher provided smiles for the veteran journalists watching him at work.
"I have thousands of questions but I can't think of the right one," he said at the start of his interview with Seaman.
While he may have had difficulty finding the right question, he did have a lot of anger for those criticizing Israel for the offensive into Gaza that has killed more than 870 Palestinians. Thirteen Israelis have died since the military operation began, four by rocket attacks.
"Why hasn't Israel acted sooner?" Wurzelbacher asked. "I know if I were a citizen here, I'd be damned upset."
Calling himself a "peace-loving man," Wurzelbacher added, "(but) when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy. And if the rest of the world doesn't understand that, then I'm sorry."
Wurzelbacher said he took the job to cover the war because he was an "expert on media bias."
"I was on the short end of the stick," he said, comparing his situation to Israel's.
He complained that the full story of Israel's operations in Gaza isn't being reported and the mainstream media are demonizing Israel.
"It's asinine when someone is firing upon you and the world is coming down on you," he said. "Common sense has gone out the window."
It is Wurzelbacher's first trip to Israel. He said that he has been "embraced" by Israel because "they know I have no agenda but the truth."
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His point is well taken--the media sucks. lol
And of course Joe has his critics--he has point--the media is screwing up this crisis with Hamas and Israel.