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October 26, 2007
Journalist Bobby Calvan Revealed As a Ass for Internet Posterity
Despite his attempts to hide, Knight Ridder journalist Bobby Caina Calvan has been exposed as the kind of jerk you can't help but suspect most of the moonbats in his profession to be, thanks to the efforts of Doc Weasel, who preserved in its entirety a since-deleted (now reposted without comments) blog post in which Calvan compares American soldiers negatively to those from Peru and Uganda, boasts of using his Fourth-Estate arrogance to bully his way through a security checkpoint in Iraq, and proudly describes his rudeness toward an American soldier who shockingly (to Calvan) wasn't familiar with Knight Ridder.
The post itself offers nothing that will surprise anyone familiar with the mentality of impertinent weenies like David Gregory. But the comments are priceless:
You seem like a pretty arrogant little guy. Do you realize what these soldiers are up against? Wow.
You're an idiot. Grow up. If you're half the man you think you are you will seek out that soldier ASAP and apologize to him.
Sorry dude. I have no clue who Knight Ridder is either. It's not exactly a household word, is it?
And you wonder why people don't like journalists? Maybe you should have tried being a decent human being. Maybe, just maybe, you and your little company aren't as important as you think you are.
I guess you really showed him. Too bad you showed a lot more about yourself.
You, sir, are an ass.
Rot in hell, mainstream media.
Someday, you will look at this blog entry and cringe with embarrassment. For your sake, that day cannot come soon enough.
Get over yourself. Your journalism degree impresses none of us. Unlike Uganda and Peru, the United States teaches her soldiers to think for themselves. Hence they are the best, most effective soldiers in the world. When the going gets rough, the Ugandan and Peruvian soldiers are as likely as not to run and hide. Not that young American. He will almost certainly stay and fight at his post and die to save the likes of you.
Why are you even there bothering the soldiers? You surely went with your angle and your story in mind. The facts wouldn't matter. Sit it your room and type it up.
You are an excellent example of why the general public despises journalists.
What a tool. You're so clueless you actually thought this would make you look good? Wow. No wonder MSM is held in such high regard.
The world is laughing at you.
And on and on for miles. I didn't see a single comment that was supportive of Calvan and his boorish behavior.
If only the lesson Calvan has hopefully learned could be taught to the whole profession.
Hat tip: Michelle Malkin, on a tip from planetrock.
Posted by Van Helsing at October 26, 2007 11:56 AM
Comments
Thanks for the link. I have a couple follow-ups: I exchanged some cordial emails with him and I believe I was instrumental in convincing him it was better to put the blog back up and face the wrath of the internet, post an explanation and apology, and people would mellow out, which in fact they did. I have our email exchange posted (with his blessing) as well as some correspondence with Dan Nguyen, another reporter at the SacBee (where Calvan works) who writes a defense of Calvan and some of his methods, criticized at LGF (for falsifying stories) and Dan Riehl (for padding his resume).
Just some interesting followup, if you're interested.
Posted by: docweasel at October 26, 2007 8:28 PM
I know docweasel feels the need to be nice to Calvan now, but let me say this...
When an American, mainstream-media reporter in Iraq includes the phrase "The Americans, however, are the absolute worst" in a story, I don't understand why anyone would take him seriously after that.
Tune him out, and keep moving. Nothing new here, just another leftist/elitist/anti-war/anti-American American. We've got tons of them writing b.s. all over the internet. Don't excuse him because he caught flack for his piece and wishes he'd kept his thoughts to himself. They're still his thoughts.
Posted by: planetrock at October 26, 2007 9:13 PM
Don't know about you, but I could do with fewer journalists and more reporters. . . . Well, maybe we do have enough reporters, just too many journalists.
Just the facts, ma'am. (Did you know that Sgt. Joe Friday never said those exact words?)
Posted by: Vince Brewster at October 27, 2007 2:58 PM
Nothing like being righteously excoriated to make one close the comments section.
Yes, I’m obviously new to blogging.
Perhaps, thinking, too.
Sometimes I share too much..
Is precocious whining from someone who is supposed to be a professional...who has made his internal nattering available world-wide. That "It was meant to be a private blog" doesn't cut it. Good to know you for what you are, Master Calvan. Here's hoping you may one day grow up to become a better person.
P.S. Thanks for the links, docweasel.
Posted by: Hope at October 28, 2007 12:19 AM
