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son of spam
07/13/09

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Which is better than his fellow Colgate grads, most of whom spent four years in a coma.
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Artur Van Asinine
07/13/09

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Bravo Mr. Woodruff. Glad to see your recovery has proceeded so successfully.

Journalists in dangerous places, reporting so we can at least attempt to become informed (saying not much about how those reports are spun by the networks)...my hat is off to all of you.

An acquaintance of mine is one of the 24 or so who have been detained and held in Iran. Still no resolution for him. Good luck to you sir! I hope your situation is resolved safely.
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i'm a bottle
07/13/09

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Journalism is a dangerous profession. Between the kidnapping/beheadings (Daniel Pearl), the politically-motivated arrests (Lee/Ling, Roxana Saberi), the mass layoffs and roadside explosive devices, there isn't much left to appeal to an aspiring reporter. That some people take the job seriously enough to risk their lives for it is a testament to its importance.
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DahlELama
07/13/09

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I'm endlessly impressed by people who can "get back on the horse," as it were. Hell, I'm still scared of riding a bike because my sister fell off one when she was nine, which would make me three at the time. Yes, I'm unusually pathetic, but Woodruff is unusually ballsy. Bravo.
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Conchie Birdie
07/13/09

@DahlELama: I recently had a conversation about the meaning of being "traumatized" because she seemed to be overusing it (ex. "I was completely traumatized by my old roommate"). I proceeded to explain that "being traumatized" is reserved for, well, people who've been through situations exactly like what Bob Woodruff has been through. It amazes me that he has the chutzpah to go back out there and do his job. We need more people with his attitude in this world.
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Mediahohoho
07/13/09

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It's instructive to remember, with all the invective about the mainstream media that gets bantered about, that there are a lot of journalists who put the story before their safety in Iraq and a lot of them never came back. I'm glad Bob did.
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