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Vice reporter Simon Ostrovsky has been freed
poynter.org ^ | 24.04.2014 12:57 pm | Kristen Hare

Posted on 04/24/2014 10:05:44 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

This tweet came from BBC Moscow’s acting bureau chief: Kevin Bishop @bishopk

Urgent: hostage @SimonOstrovsky free and safe with me in car en route to Donetsk @RadioCanada J-François Bélanger

Simon Ostrovsky is free - BBC has spoken to him direct. He is on his way to Donetsk.

“VICE News is delighted to confirm that our colleague and friend Simon Ostrovsky has been safely released and is in good health,” VICE said in a statement to Poynter. “We would like to thank everyone for their support during this difficult time. Out of respect for Simon and his family’s privacy, we have no further statement at this time.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: evilempire; hostage; kidnap; putinsbuttboys; reporter; russia; simonostrovsky

1 posted on 04/24/2014 10:05:44 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
BBCs @antelava talking on the phone to Simon Ostrovsky after his release pic.twitter.com/VBT8xQwi9U
2 posted on 04/24/2014 10:08:10 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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Looks like the job pays well.


3 posted on 04/24/2014 10:40:11 AM PDT by soycd
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Vice has some interesting videos. My favorite is the one about Heimo Korth (sp?), the North Slope homesteader/trapper.

They have another one about a cantankerous old cattle rancher hermit who lives in the wilds of Patagonia that’s worth watching.


4 posted on 04/24/2014 10:50:09 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I was in the NYTimes building they day one of their reporters in Iraq/Afghanistan had been killed. Quite a few people were all worked up, crying, and decrying the injustice of it.

I almost got tossed when I asked what they expected going to a war zone and interviewing the enemy.


5 posted on 04/24/2014 10:52:31 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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So I suppose you were just lucky getting out of there alive.


6 posted on 04/24/2014 1:16:03 PM PDT by No One Special
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To: No One Special

Well it wasn’t like they were going to hurt me. I think the worst insult for them is to call you a Tea Partier.


7 posted on 04/24/2014 2:09:20 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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