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Date Posted: 15:10:53 02/27/02 Wed
Author: SkinTheKat
Subject: Tired of Journalists Putting Themselves In Harm's Way

I am sorry that Danny Pearl was murdered by terrorists, but I still feel that the average journalist has absolutely NO concept of any reality other than that Pulitzer Prize. You think they'd learn from Peter Simon's adventures with the Iraquis that EVERY American is concerned a CIA Agent by the Third World.

I do NOT feel that we need to ransom hostages taken by terrorists. American know the risk when they travel abroad in certain areas. It's only going to prolong the agony and add to MORE hostage taking.

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[> STK, What would happen if journalists didn't put themselves in harm's way? Personally, I don't want to rely on the government's TRUTH. A free press is essential to a free society, and if members of the press are taken hostage, it is the responsibility of our government to try as best they can to attain their freedom; just as they should for any American citizen. -- Lafaux, 16:05:20 02/28/02 Thu

>abroad in certain areas. It's only going to prolong
>the agony and add to MORE hostage taking.


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[> [> Hmm…I’m kind of torn on this. I do believe in the free press, but I think the public knows too much about government operations. Locations of troops, war strategies, and now this secret underground government somewhere on the East coast. Journalists and the government make it too easy for our enemies. -- Joy, 06:47:22 03/01/02 Fri


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[> [> [> It's all about balance and common sense. It seems that each side has to take things to extremes to make their own point and I don't think that really works. Lives really ARE at stake, and that is a very VALID issue. I don't think that the rebels would have had a shot in hell, against the British in 1776 had Peter Jennings been sitting in a tree next to Washington with a camera crew and a microphone.. -- Liz, 09:24:33 03/03/02 Sun


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[> [> [> [> Oh, what you said about Jennings and an ABC camera crew is so true, but on the other hand, had there not been a free press, the Patriots may not have won the war. With the power of the press, they were able to get the support of fence-sitters in the colonies and around the world. Let's face it, what we have today is one hand washing the other, or shall we say one ungreased carrot shoved up the others backside. They use each other, and public gets screwed. But, as for me, give me the free press or give me death.. -- Lafaux, 10:48:10 03/03/02 Sun


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[> [> [> [> [> No argument from me, I'm a big fan of the free press. I'm also a big fan of common sense though. You can bet your butt that there were no headlines, telling folks that they might have a little trouble getting tea, due to plans of insurrection in Boston Harbor with names, dates, and times. I do think that the press does know where to stop most of the time in regards to war, troop movements and such, which I think is all about common sense. -- Liz, 11:08:59 03/03/02 Sun


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[> [> [> [> [> [> I'm not so sure about this. Most countries didn't fight guerilla wars. Most of the battles of the revolutionary war were known about in advance. People were on nearby hillsides at Bunker Hill watching. -- Isabel, 15:55:44 03/03/02 Sun

I think that secrecy is a modern invention. And the government is to blame for the fact that people don't trust it anymore. I agree that there is too much attention to personal stuff, but public fraud is rampant. but I so think that the press is going overboard these days, and it's because people don't trust them anymore either. I think that is why they have been getting so intrusive.

I think that as a culture we have lost the distinction between secrecy and privacy. Privacy is as fundamental a right as free press. We have too little attention to privacy these days, IMO.


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[> My Feelings Is That If This Bunch Had Been Around During WWII -- SkinTheKat, 22:41:39 03/05/02 Tue

Those whose families WEREN'T wiped out would be speaking GERMAN right now. And again, I don't think the U.S. Govt. is reponsible for bailing these (expetive deleted)s out of any jam they get their selves into.

A journalist (unknown to me, anyway) was quoted as saying that he wouldn't warn U.S. Soldiers if they were walking into an ambush. He's just a witness to history. Well, I don't think we need to break a sweat to rescue that type of witness.


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