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To: Singapore_Yank
Vincent Laforet is an excellent photographer and a very courageous man. I've only been in a few third world countries (unless you count New Orleans), but the pack animal attitude of the crowds is the scariest thing I've ever seen.

Photojournalists are the junk yard dogs of journalism. They go places other people are afraid to go and take photographs other people are afraid to take. The fact that this guy has the guts to be there, and to take the photographs he's taken, says a lot about him. His blatant disrespect for the power puff boys of the media and his willingness to talk about it...

You see- the press here spends their entire day lounging on lawn chairs in the garden of the Press Club. The government comes to them when they have a press release to hand out or an event they want covered. So a bunch of pro-active, aggressive journalists might as well be from Mars.

This statement alone could get him black-balled from dozens of news outlets, the ones where he makes his money. I'll grant, the guy could use a proof reader. Some of his words and spelling are off-base. All in all, though, I wish there were a lot more people like him out there. The truth might actually get printed sometimes, even if it is with a few typographical errors.

65 posted on 11/06/2001 4:16:29 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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To: Richard Kimball
All in all, though, I wish there were a lot more people like him out there. The truth might actually get printed sometimes

Don't worry, Geraldo is on his way!</sarcasm>

67 posted on 11/06/2001 4:19:05 PM PST by Mr. Mulliner
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