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The Backlash Against Laura Ling And Euna Lee Begins

12:52AM Hamilton Nolan | Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee automatically became heroes after being snatched up by the North Korean government, because that’s just how things work in America. But some activists overseas think the women hurt more than they helped. More »
People

Look Who’s Using The N. Korean Rescue To Rehabilitate His Image

5:51AM John Cook | Bill Clinton gallantly flew to North Korea to rescue Current TV’s Euna Lee and Laura Ling from Kim Jong-Il’s clutches. Who paid for the flight? Clinton’s extremely fertile wingman, Steve Bing, the Associated Press reports. More »
People

Bill Clinton Frees US Reporters From Kim Jong-Il’s Clutches

5:21AM Hamilton Nolan | Bill Clinton went on over to North Korea, met the crazy dictator there, and won: North Korea has pardoned Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee for their slanders and calumnies. More »
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Why Did Nobody Pick Up The David Rohde Kidnapping Story?

9:15AM Foster Kamer | As mentioned earlier: New York Times reporter David Rohde managed to escape his Taliban captors to freedom last night by hopping over a wall. He was imprisoned for seven months. How wasn’t this widely reported? Even by us? Simple: More »
Online

The Internet Screws Foreign Reporting

11:41PM Hamilton Nolan | Current TV freelancers Laura Ling and Euna Lee are locked in a North Korean prison. Do you know whose fault this is? That’s right, the internet’s! It’s true. More »
Small Screen

The Work Of Laura Ling And Euna Lee

1:19AM Hamilton Nolan | Current TV reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee are two days into a 12-year North Korean prison sentence. There’s not much to do except wait for Al Gore to save them. In the meantime, have you watched their actual journalism? More »
Small Screen

North Korea Sentences American Reporters to 12 Years Hard Labor

6:58AM Hamilton Nolan | Laura Ling, the sister of former The View co-host Lisa Ling, and fellow Current TV journalist Euna Lee have been sentenced to twelve years in a labor camp by a North Korean court for crossing that country’s border. More »