Wasn't it Tom Fenton who was held by Saddam years ago, locked up in one of his prisons? How many other journalists end up in prison, possibly, just for getting the story? How do prisons, generally, treat openly gay folks, the world over? Jeffrey Gettleman of the NYT was picked up for one of those little 're-education' rides that they give to journlaists in the Palestinian "territories", as best I recall (I wonder if Yang's perspective would have changed, had he suffered similar circumstances). That's even before you contemplate being held by al-qaeda or something.
Fine to be an anchorman, but maybe rather risky for a field journalist?
Whatever the case, it is the journalist's own risk and therefore their decision, it seems to me.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Journalists who are Gay
