This still bothers me....

[recycled sixtie]

About a year ago there was a news reporter(American I am pretty sure) who was with the cameraman in a Middle East country. She somehow got separated from the cameraman and she ended up getting raped by some of the locals. Of course there never seem to be any other women in the mob.

Questions that come to my mind are as follows:
1. Can a reporter be armed or else if she uses her weapon she becomes the news?
2. What protocol or procedure does a female news reporter follow in a mob of men?
3. I would think that female news reporters are aware of the risk before they ship out?
To conclude that is not the type of work I would like to see my daughter in but of course it is her choice.
Any comments?

[dan88911]

I think some times they hire local body guards.
There was a 60 mins. reporter who got grope and strip in the mob on the streets of Egypt.

[matt f]

It was Lara Logan.
She is now a reporter on 60 Minutes.
She had a "fixer" with her but I don't believe any bodyguards.
A woman in the mob saved her life by throwing her body on top of hers.
I don't know if reporters arm themselves.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Egypt is a part of the world that *I* wouldn't go to.

I don't know why any woman would think it's a good idea.

[Zeke]

I've got a couple of young relatives who have given little regard to wandering alone in dangerous foreign countries. I don't get it either.