[thechat] reporter fired for reporting

[Madhu Menon]

At 09:47 PM 31-03-03, Martin Burns wrote:
>http://www.sniggle.net/stock.php
>"The Stockholm Syndrome  comes into play when a captive cannot escape, is
>isolated and threatened with death, but is shown token acts of kindness by
>the captor.

Journalists aren't quite "kidnapees". They're there because of their own 
free will.

>I'd be *very* surprised to see much in the way
>of objectivity under those circumstances

I'd be very surprised if you *expected* objectivity. They are there only at 
the pleasure of the US government, after all.

IMO, you can't trust any of the media reporting. There is plenty of bias on 
both sides.

Madhu