I have no sympathy for anybody who goes to these nutcase countries and somehting happens to them. None whatsoever.
Yes til better to be protected from the "ugliness of life"..out of sight, out of mind? Human rights..who cares. I think you all care..that's how you stay informed of the atrocities in this world.
I think what these true journalists (example) MarianaVanZeller who went undercover to report on Syrian mujahideen crossing into Iraq to fight against the US invasion, covering the conflict between Brazil's Indians and miners over South America's largest diamond mine, rode the “Death Train” to report on the desperate risks Central American migrants take to reach the US and snuck into the swamps of Nigeria to meet with militants fighting for control of the country's oil wealth. Her work has appeared on PBS's Frontline/World, Channel 4 (UK) and now exclusively on Current TV. She speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French. http://twitter.com/.
All of what they do is dangerous but shows human compassion by putting their lives on the line, are not innocents and are a close band of reporters and camera support. They are not going to settle for being a Hannity or an O'Reilly, a MSM alphabet soup reporter with poorly educated interns feeding them info while sitting in their "safe" Ivory towers, talking about driving their Esclades and making gossip news more important than stories like the above that the main stream media does not "spend" the time to report.
I hope only for their safe and speedy release.