Jakarta Bombing
The Mexican Ambassador to Venezuala was recently kidnapped. A ransom demand ensued and after five or six hours he was released.
The incident happened right outside his house in what was thought to be a safer part of town. The attack was highly co-ordinated with three teams of assailants using sophisticated and powerful weaponry.
While no-one was hurt, the episode was traumatic and by no means a one-off incident. It has left the diplomatic community in this city thinking intensely about how to deal with this ever-present danger in as professional a way as possible.
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Social media proved itself an an extraordinary tool today with the best coverage coming out of the Jakarta bombings provided by people on the ground with mobile phones and Twitter accounts.
But today’s events also proved that no matter what you think of journalists and the major media outlets they work for - there’s a reason why we filter information and images.
There’s a photograph all over the internet right now you won’t find on any mainstream news site - and nor should you. It shows a victim of the bombing, believed to be from New Zealand, who is now being reported as having died from his injuries.
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Maree says:
Has it occurred to any of you people knocking the mainsteam press that the bloggers and tweeters also choose what to present? Nobody publishes every photo they have. That would not be practical in the print media. Everyone who publishes—whether in a newspaper, on TV or on the internet—edits. Read more »
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Joe says:
Yes, please don’t distract the sheep from their two most important functions in life: working and consuming. Reality will only confuse and upset them. How will they know what to think without having their opinions dictated to them by agenda driven journalists? Read more »
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