The dangers of news gathering…
Howard Kurtz uses the release of Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig as a backdrop for a story on the dangers of newsgathering around the world…
It’s official: Being a foreign correspondent is one of the world’s most thankless jobs.
Those who ply the journalistic trade around the globe are increasingly subjected to bombings, shootings, kidnappings or simply being jailed on spying charges. Yesterday’s release in Gaza of two Fox News journalists who had been abducted was a welcome relief, but also a powerful reminder that reporting in war zones is a treacherous business in which Western correspondents are now deemed high-value targets.
For all the abuse heaped on journalists these days, it’s worth remembering that there is a hardy band of reporters, producers, cameramen and photographers who risk their lives and put their families through great stress simply to tell the rest of us what is transpiring in faraway lands.
I agree with Kurtz and I actually believe that the low key news coverage of the two hostages was helpful in winning their release. I have commented on this also on my blog reflectivepundit.com
Comment by brigitte nacos — August 28, 2006 @ 10:51 am
I think we all admire this band of journalistic heroes in giving us the news from around the world, including dangerous areas like the Mideast. However, the media may need to rethink its policies in light of the kidnappings, and even murders, of some journalists. They need to find safer havens as long as terrorists recognize no rules of civility, or we will keep reliving similar stories of kidnappings in the future.
Comment by RGL — August 28, 2006 @ 1:02 pm
The sad part is that we can’t get the real story on what’s going on in places like Iraq because it’s too dangerous to get the story. For both reporters and those reported on - interview an Iraqi civilian and they make wake up dead the next morning.
We need robo-reporters. Yeah, there’s the ticket. Remotely piloted story collectors.
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