ABCNews.com: “The two Fox journalists recently kidnapped in Gaza are just the latest in a growing campaign targeting journalists, according to the International News Safety Institute.
Since 2004, 41 journalists have been kidnapped. The institute is in the midst of a global inquiry to explain the upward spiral. But the organization’s director, Rodney Pinder, said several reasons have already become clear. Chief among them, the world ‘has become increasingly polarized,’ said Pinder.
‘Reporters are no longer seen as detached elements. It’s a ‘you’re either with us or against us’ mentality,’ Pinder said.” More…
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