On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:23 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: Gawker is reporting that NBC News journalist Richard Engel has been missing since Thursday. I am posting this here on the assumption that gawker's footprint is larger than ours, and whatever incremental contribution to publicizing this here will not significantly increase the risk to Engel:
http://gawker.com/5969029/richard-engel-is-missing-in-syria-nbc-news-enforces-news-blackout Apparently NBC news has been working overtime to keep a lid on this story since Thursday - presumably either at the specific demand of some party in Syria, or under the general rule that a lower profile is more conducive to getting him back safely. It is not clear why Gawker, which observed the blackout for at least 24 hours, decided to go public just now - perhaps because the story was reported by a Turkish paper? As of this posting I can not find confirmation in any major US news outlet, though I do see a headline from the National Enquirer. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > He's been freed according to NBC: > http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/18/15985279-richard-engel-and-nbc-news-team-freed-from-captors-in-syria?lite Nice examination of the related media ethics issues by a reporter from the CSM: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2012/1218/Richard-Engel-freed-but-news-blackout-debate-remains I see the Gawker is getting mostly hammered in their comments for breaking the blackout. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
