Posted on 09/05/2009 9:00:18 AM PDT by em2vn
For war journalist Scott Anderson, the most confounding part of his recent assignment for GQ magazine to explore the root of terrorist acts in Russia a decade ago wasn't the suggestion of treachery and subterfuge he found. Scott Anderson, a veteran war correspondent Enlarge Timothy Fadek/Polaris
Scott Anderson, a veteran war correspondent, says he's disappointed GQ was frightened of circulating his story. "If you're worried about repercussions and you bow to them, you're basically surrendering to the other side." Scott Anderson, a veteran war correspondent Timothy Fadek/Polaris
Scott Anderson, a veteran war correspondent, says he's disappointed GQ was frightened of circulating his story. "If you're worried about repercussions and you bow to them, you're basically surrendering to the other side."
It was the reception his story ultimately received in the United States.
"It was quite mysterious to me," Anderson says. "All of a sudden, it became clear that they were going to run the article but they were going to try to bury it under a rock as much as they possibly could."
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>>”You can be sued for defamation — but you don’t even have to be sued. You can be audited,” Ognianova says. “Politicized audits are a big hurdle for publications that dare to publish sensitive topics.”
Does anyone think American business isn’t subject to this sort of intimidation by our gov’t officials?
NPR should be more concerned about buried stories on the current US administration.
“Take our bailout money, little banker, or you’ll be audited to death.”
Exactly. The first quote on my FR profile page covers it well.
I guess nobody at GQ wants to eat radioactive food at the next dinner party.
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