[thechat] reporter fired for reporting
Madhu Menon
webguru at vsnl.net
Mon Mar 31 10:27:50 CST 2003
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
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