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Tall poppy syndrome

The backlash against jailed journos begins

Gawker / Tuesday, 25 August 2009

If being held prisoner in North Korea wasn’t hard enough for journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the pair are now facing harsh criticism from detractors who say they put refugee-saving program they were reporting on at risk. Yeah, perhaps they had slightly bigger concerns at the time, snark Gawker.