NY POST COVER OF JAMES FOLEY HAD TO BE SEEN

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THE ISIS MURDER OF JAMES FOLEY

Story By: James Edstrom
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ISIS Murder Of James Foley



Over the years, I have had my disagreements with Col Allen Editor of The New York Post and some laughs. Most of the time it was in some bar somewhere in New York City, but the outrage against Col Allen and The New York Post over the James Foley murder cover is just misplaced.


All the media outlets including Twitter are yelling that by running the photo, you are spreading propaganda to support the ISIS cause. I disagree and Ill tell you why.


ISIS is a terrorist organization. Americans read about the horrors of ISIS, but they really do not get the picture. They do not understand fully the war crimes this organization is guilty of. They read, but do not fully picture. The New York Post gave us the picture.



The New York Post cover features a screengrab of the moment just before an ISIS member beheads journalist James Foley under the headline “SAVAGES!”


Foley, a journalist who reported from the Middle East, was captured in Syria in 2012. ISIS released video of his alleged beheading the other day as a warning to further American incursion into Iraq.


All the other news outlets ran photos of James Foley about to be murdered. All the New York Post did was show the knife.


Yes, I have done business with the New York Post for almost 30 years. I have done business with every other media outlet too. Do I like Col Allen? The answer is no. I find he drinks too much, thinks he's always right and does not have much loyalty, for reasons I will not get into here. But he was right on the money with his New York Post James Foley cover


Americans need to see the whole picture. ISIS is a religious terrorist organization.They murder innocent women and children in the name their GOD. If it offends people, that's just too bad. It's time we stop reporting and editing news stories and show the world what ISIS really is. They are murderers of innocent people and If I was the reporter that was murdered by these animals, I would want the world to see every last photo. Col Allen and the New York Post were sending a message. They were showing the world what these animals were. In this case the messenger should not be shot. They did the right thing.



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