Tunku Varadarajan says they shouldn't be muzzled, but should step up and do the right thing when their reporter recklessly causes the death of those around him: http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/13/stephen-farrell-new-york-times-rescue-afghanistan-opinions-columnists-tunku-varadarajan.html. I feel similar toward those two female "reporters" under the employ of Al Gore who got themselves thrown in the slammer by the North Koreans. Lots of political capital had to be used to free them. Not defending the North Koreans nor saying that the press shouldn't report. I am saying, though, that it's important to recognize that there exists a "Dumbass Line" in life and you need to have enough sense to not step across it. Unfortunately, as has been proven time and time again, reporters at the New York Times have a lot of smarts upstairs but not the collective common sense to pour piss out of a boot.
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