A lot of war correspondents do it for the sheer thrill of it. Peter Bergen
of CNN comes to mind. Remember when he was chasing around Baghdad after the
US invaded and got shot at on live TV when he went into that abandoned Iraqi
army base? So I'd think of it more as a Quirk like Thrill-Seeker perhaps?

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On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Any ideas on how best to handle this as a disadvantage? A Duty?
> >
> > Brandon
>
> A duty is exposed from the outside, while a sense of duty comes
> from the inside. I haven't seen the contracts those people sign,
> but I can't believe that a contract which forces them to go to
> a war zone would be legally valid. So the reason to go can be
> financial (it is a job) or an inner drive to bring out the
> facts -- that would be a professional code of honor, I think.
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