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Started by Morpium, Mar 20 2007 09:52 AM
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Posted 02 July 2008 - 09:12 PM
There should be a tribute zone for all those correspondents that make a remarkable job despite their hard work environment situations (like Ben, Ware, Arwa, Ric, etc.), by the risks and efforts they face by trying to delivers us the real news. It must be hard for them, but must be hard for their families as well.
We all hear about posttraumatic stress disorder around soldiers, but I often wonder if news correspondents, that basicaly live the same daily hard situations as them, can also suffer from it?
We all hear about posttraumatic stress disorder around soldiers, but I often wonder if news correspondents, that basicaly live the same daily hard situations as them, can also suffer from it?
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Posted 02 July 2008 - 09:42 PM
Ben is great. And he has such a sense of humor too that comes thro in some of his ITME work, like covering that brutal desert race or on vacation.
Lately, there has been a lot of discussion in the US news media about war correspondents, especially in Baghdad because of the Lara Logan/Michael Ware "scandal". (If ya'll want to know - google). They keep talking about the mental make up of the correspondents and not so much post stress, but that they thrive on the adrenalin rush and don't adjust well to normal life. I think Siobhan Darrow's book was pretty good on the subject. Wish she had stayed with CNN.
Lately, there has been a lot of discussion in the US news media about war correspondents, especially in Baghdad because of the Lara Logan/Michael Ware "scandal". (If ya'll want to know - google). They keep talking about the mental make up of the correspondents and not so much post stress, but that they thrive on the adrenalin rush and don't adjust well to normal life. I think Siobhan Darrow's book was pretty good on the subject. Wish she had stayed with CNN.
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Posted 02 July 2008 - 10:41 PM
I had no idea over that Ware scandal. 
That may explain why we have seen so few reports from him lately.
I wonder who else at CNN is hiding something from us? :wink:
To be honest, I had no idea who Siobhan Darrow was, so I made few searchs over Google about her, and I found some interesting articles, like this:
http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/catal ... 49&view=qa
That may explain why we have seen so few reports from him lately.I wonder who else at CNN is hiding something from us? :wink:
To be honest, I had no idea who Siobhan Darrow was, so I made few searchs over Google about her, and I found some interesting articles, like this:
http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/catal ... 49&view=qa
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Posted 17 January 2009 - 12:02 AM
good for ben that he made it in. He will love being there to cover this story on the ground.
Pls take care all cnn staff who go into the danger zone!
Pls take care all cnn staff who go into the danger zone!
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Posted 27 April 2009 - 12:25 AM
no ben fans anymore? 
He was back in Egypt recently reporting for the new finds of possibliy Cleopatra.
He was back in Egypt recently reporting for the new finds of possibliy Cleopatra.
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Posted 27 April 2009 - 12:35 AM
Not to mention he speaks, like, 5 languages or so... English, Arabic, and some other ones.
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Posted 11 May 2009 - 11:27 PM
I find Ben to be hilarious. "Popes and Popettes", will there be a 'popette' in the future... we may never know.
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Michael Holmes on Frederik Pleitgen:
"Only Fred Pleitgen can go 'hey, how's it going' to a bunch of Iraqi guys with guns"
- BackStory, April 16, 2009
"Thank you, Eunice Yoon. I look forward to working with you in the future, I think."
- Andrew Stevens on WBT, June 15, 2009
Michael Holmes on Frederik Pleitgen:
"Only Fred Pleitgen can go 'hey, how's it going' to a bunch of Iraqi guys with guns"
- BackStory, April 16, 2009
"Thank you, Eunice Yoon. I look forward to working with you in the future, I think."
- Andrew Stevens on WBT, June 15, 2009
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Posted 17 May 2009 - 01:46 PM
I would hang out with him if I get a chance. But, for now, I'll be watching all of his future BackStory contributions.
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Michael Holmes on Frederik Pleitgen:
"Only Fred Pleitgen can go 'hey, how's it going' to a bunch of Iraqi guys with guns"
- BackStory, April 16, 2009
"Thank you, Eunice Yoon. I look forward to working with you in the future, I think."
- Andrew Stevens on WBT, June 15, 2009
Michael Holmes on Frederik Pleitgen:
"Only Fred Pleitgen can go 'hey, how's it going' to a bunch of Iraqi guys with guns"
- BackStory, April 16, 2009
"Thank you, Eunice Yoon. I look forward to working with you in the future, I think."
- Andrew Stevens on WBT, June 15, 2009
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Posted 22 May 2009 - 10:28 PM
Woo-hoo, go Ben! 
He gets three Mr. Greens for this.
He gets three Mr. Greens for this.
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Michael Holmes on Frederik Pleitgen:
"Only Fred Pleitgen can go 'hey, how's it going' to a bunch of Iraqi guys with guns"
- BackStory, April 16, 2009
"Thank you, Eunice Yoon. I look forward to working with you in the future, I think."
- Andrew Stevens on WBT, June 15, 2009
Michael Holmes on Frederik Pleitgen:
"Only Fred Pleitgen can go 'hey, how's it going' to a bunch of Iraqi guys with guns"
- BackStory, April 16, 2009
"Thank you, Eunice Yoon. I look forward to working with you in the future, I think."
- Andrew Stevens on WBT, June 15, 2009
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