[WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs

[Risker]

Mr. Martinez wasn't kidnapped at the time, was he? I mean, there was nobody
actually holding him prisoner, was there?

I don't think many westerners realise how endemic kidnapping for profit is
in this region of the world; it's commonplace and a longstanding pattern of
behaviour that goes back centuries. Most of these kidnappings are
economically driven, and target anyone they think might have the money; the
overwhelming majority of kidnap victims are non-notable, so they would never
have an article about them into which their kidnapping could be added. But
people with a larger reputation have a different economic value, and they
can be sold to those who wish to make their kidnapping a political/religious
issue.  And once the people are being held for idealistic reasons, the rules
- and the risks - change.

Risker

2009/6/30 Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net>

> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Risker wrote:
> > While I cannot speak for the New York Times, Canadian media have acted in
> > the same way to protect members of NGOs who have been kidnapped.
>
> I already posted this, but...
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/washington/web22ksmnote.html?_r=1
>
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