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Journalists in general shouldn't feel the need to be somewhere their safety isn't secure? Really? I'm certainly glad they do it. That's how we get information
by OpieCunningham 16y ago
Journalists in general shouldn't feel the need to be somewhere their safety isn't secure? Really?
I'm certainly glad they do it. That's how we get information and it's also a means of limiting atrocities (notice the targeting of journalists in Egypt, the expulsion of Al Jazeera one of the few news outlets regularly available to Egyptians).
And journalists can't do their job if they're standing on the outside looking in. Being in the mob is not limited to saying "there's a mob here", it's also how you establish and maintain contacts and sources.
Your opinion may be "Very unpopular", but I would also categorize it as myopic and unfortunate.
- hackinthebochs 16y agoI'm not saying they should never set foot in a war-torn nation or anywhere with civil unrest. But there is reasonable danger and unreasonable. Walking into the middle of an angry mob in Egypt as a woman is unreasonable. >Being in the mob is not limited to saying "there's a mob here", it's also how you establish and maintain contacts and sources. I disagree. There is very little value gained from being inside the mob. Contacts and sources can be made from the sidelines or once the mob has dispersed.