"That reporting in Iraq is a dangerous business was underscored again last week with the abduction of a pair of journalists from the Iraqi satellite channel Sumariya.
It is unlikely the fates of Reem Zaid, 23, and her colleague Marwan Khazaal, 25, will receive as much coverage as the recent kidnapping of 28-year-old American journalist Jill Carroll. But while the kidnappings of foreigners make headlines, it is in fact Iraqi journalists and media staff who bear the brunt of the danger. The translator Carroll was working with, Allan Enwiyah, was simply shot and killed".
In the West attacks on or kidnappings of Western journalists get a lot of media coverage. Of course TV footage of a kidnapped individual gets even greater air-time.
As the beginning, above, of an article in Mother Jones clearly articulates [see the full article here] for Iraqis the dangers of working as reporters or with the Western press are infinitely greater.
Coincidentally, the IHT has just published an article [read it here] which addresses the number of US deaths in Iraq - and the failure to take into account journalists who have been killed.
It is unlikely the fates of Reem Zaid, 23, and her colleague Marwan Khazaal, 25, will receive as much coverage as the recent kidnapping of 28-year-old American journalist Jill Carroll. But while the kidnappings of foreigners make headlines, it is in fact Iraqi journalists and media staff who bear the brunt of the danger. The translator Carroll was working with, Allan Enwiyah, was simply shot and killed".
In the West attacks on or kidnappings of Western journalists get a lot of media coverage. Of course TV footage of a kidnapped individual gets even greater air-time.
As the beginning, above, of an article in Mother Jones clearly articulates [see the full article here] for Iraqis the dangers of working as reporters or with the Western press are infinitely greater.
Coincidentally, the IHT has just published an article [read it here] which addresses the number of US deaths in Iraq - and the failure to take into account journalists who have been killed.
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