Captured Then Freed NYT Journo Plans To Stay In The Business

Lynsey Addario spent seven days in captivity in Libya, and her story, along with three other New York Times journalists, was published in a March 22 NYT piece.

Reading through the comments on that article, though, Addario says she noticed a pattern.

“Some comments said: ‘How dare a woman go to a war zone?’ and ‘How could The New York Times let a woman go to the war zone?’

“To me, that’s grossly offensive. This is my life, and I make my own decisions.

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