[WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs

[geni]

2009/6/29 Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:35 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
>> Can someone explain how reporting that he was kidnapped would endanger his
>> life?  At least how would it endanger it any further than the kidnapping in
>> the first place?
>>
>
> It would raise his profile, indicate that Western media had taken
> notice of the kidnapping, and therefore raise his value to the
> kidnappers (either his value as a negotiating chip or his symbolic
> value if executed).
>
> -Sage (User:Ragesoss)

We are not the western media and that page gets under 500 views a month.

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geni