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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: TheSarge on February 11, 2008, 03:15:32 PM
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two journalists working for CBS News have gone missing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the company said in a statement.
"All efforts are under way to find them and until we learn more details, CBS News requests that others do not speculate on the identities of those involved. CBS News has been in touch with the families and asks that their privacy be respected," CBS News said in a statement.
Iraq has become extremely hazardous for journalists, raising concerns about the diminished amount of information about the war that is available to the public.
The Committee to Protect Journalists in a recent report called the Iraq war "the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history," with 125 journalists and 49 support workers killed since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN112902420080211?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true
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I feel bad for their families, but it amazes me that "journalists" continue to think they are immune.
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I think it's a waste of manpower to have our troops searching for journalists. Talk about having to take your eye off the prize. This is nothing more than a distraction for our men and women trying to serve over there. Journalists need to stay out of the way.
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This begs the question, would the journalists own side, the marauding terrorist, do them in? Or were they kidnapped by average Iraqis feed up with the lies?
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I am very sorry they are missing, and sincerely hope that they turn back up alive and well.
however, compare the coverage of missing journalists to missing soldiers. the MSM loves to cover itself.