Submit a Story!
Votes
vote down flag
gawker.com - 6/20/2009
David Rohde Is Free From Taliban Kidnapping
—
Look at that guy. You just know he tied a 'Merican flag around his head before he wrassled a handmade AK clone outta some 95lb teenaged terrorist's hands and walked away a free man, punching two in the heart and one in the forehead of any motherfuckin' haji that stepped up. Motoko Kusanagi
gawker.com - 6/20/2009
David Rhode Is Free From Taliban Kidnapping
— gawker.com — gurl, please! He didn't "just climb over a wall", he escaped from the muthafrakin' Taliban! We'll know... the whole story soon, I suppose, but I bet the guy planned this for months and just waited for the right opp. Good for him! Aaron Bandy (more) David Rhode Is Free From Taliban Kidnapping
Comments vote down Rover Rover found this 6/20/2009found this
Comments
Related: david rohde
How The NYT Kept Reporter's Kidnapping Out Of The Papers — Silicon Alley Insider
Why wasn't the news that New York Times reporter David Rohde was being held captive by the Taliban a huge story months ago? Because the New York Times did an effective job persuading news agencies not to report Rohde's captivity -- even Gawker. Read the rest of this story »  ...
Why Did Nobody Pick Up The David Rohde Kidnapping Story? — Gawker Comments
Well, I'd like read his autobiography and see the movie, him played by Billy Crystal. imatter
Why Did Nobody Pick Up The David Rohde Kidnapping Story? — Gawker Comments
NYT reporters are protected by the advanced technology of the NYT press badge. It's bulletproof, you know. gawkimo
HOSTAGE REPORTER ESCAPES TALIBAN — NY Post: News
> A Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist abducted by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan seven months ago escaped by scaling a compound wall and high-tailing it to a nearby Pakistani army base. New York Times reporter David Rohde, 41, who was in Kabul...
Why Did Nobody Pick Up The David Rohde Kidnapping Story? — Gawker Comments
@ forgetitjake : "Fit to print" has somewhat of an arbitrary definition - if something will only succeed in further endangering the life of a captured reporter, is it fit to print? Does the public's right to know about the reporter in danger justify increasing the amount of danger that said ...
Why Did Nobody Pick Up The David Rohde Kidnapping Story? — Gawker Comments
Well, Current might be smaller, but it's got big names (and access to more) behind it. And unless Rhode's got some female relative with daily access to electronic media that no one knows about, I'd say the NYT was right. Also, Rhode was kidnapped. Ling and Lee, perhaps on orders from their ...
David Rohde Is Free From Taliban Kidnapping — Gawker Comments
@ Gabriel Snyder : "Start-up news organizations like Current TV are increasingly sending journalists to the world's hot spots, putting a spotlight on news stories in new ways. It is, experts say, another consequence of the fragmented media landscape and the declines in international news ...
NYT REPORTER ESCAPES FROM TALIBAN CAPTIVITY — NY Post: News
> A New York Times reporter known for making investigative trips deep inside dangerous conflict zones escaped from militant captors after more than seven months in captivity by climbing over a wall, the newspaper said Saturday. David S. Rohde was...
US Reporter Escapes Taliban Captors — AOL News
US Reporter Escapes Taliban Captors posted: 3 MINUTES AGO comments: 0 filed under: National News , World News David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, climbs over a wall to freedom after spending seven months in the hands ...