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2008-05-16 India-Pakistan

Police questioning three terror suspects claiming to be journalists

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 Had they said "We are property, we write what our editor tells us to write", they would have known they were reporters, probably for AP or Rooters.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-16 09:02|| 2008-05-16 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess when they found they couldn't read or write, they figured they weren't journalists. Of course they still might have been employed by the NYTs.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-05-16 10:09|| 2008-05-16 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Waitaminit... when they found they couldn't read or write, they figured they weren't journalists

Does not strike you something odd in that phrase?

Since when was that a detriment for the journo job?

[answer: before 1979, when Newsweek declared that they are not in news business but in business to mold opinions, after that the only requirement was to toe "party" line]

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-05-16 22:20|| 2008-05-16 22:20|| Front Page Top

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