Gee, if only the poor man's employer had some way to get word out in the media about his kidnapping...

Excuse me, but why would the story be "hushed up"? That really makes no sense--unless the NYT really doesn't care about its own workers.

Heads will roll before this story hits the pages of MSM

Why would they hush it up?

Thanks for the reminder. He shouldn't be forgotten.

re: #1 Lincolntf

Gee, if only the poor man's employer had some way to get word out in the media about his kidnapping...

They're too busy slobbering all over The One.

re: #4 Ward Cleaver

Why would they hush it up?

They might have to ask the US military for help.

In December, during a trip with Secretary Gates, I asked a New York Times reporter if she knew the status of the situation. The story had been kept so quiet that she didn’t actually know the kidnapping had occurred.

Ummm, aren't they a NEWSPAPER!

Why would the Taliban kidnap a NY Slimes reporter? A Fox reporter, I could understand.
Maybe they needed a new PR person and they'd figure anyone from the NYT would be willing.
/

re: #4 Ward Cleaver

Why would they hush it up?

Because to acknowledge it would necessitate action, and Obama is afraid to act.

Isn't this bad PR for the Taliban?

re: #8 SasquatchOnSteroids

Ummm, aren't they a NEWSPAPER!

They don't want to make any organization that hates the US look bad.

There is a logic to keeping these stories quiet. The more attention paid, the greater the currency the journalist retains to the kidnappers. Then again, it is the NYT so one never knows if they just wish to keep the connection between Islam and terrorism to a minimum.

re: #11 Ward Cleaver

Isn't this bad PR for the Taliban?

Only in the West. I don't think their main audience is in the West.

Its not as if the NY Times has any money to pay ransom.

re: #13 MJ

There is a logic to keeping these stories quiet. The more attention paid, the greater the currency the journalist retains to the kidnappers. Then again, it is the NYT so one never knows if they just wish to keep the connection between Islam and terrorism to a minimum.

Good point.

re: #14 Honorary Yooper

Only in the West. I don't think their main audience is in the West.

Well, I meant assuming that there might be talks between them and the Obama administration.

re: #14 Honorary Yooper

Only in the West. I don't think their main audience is in the West.

Gives the phrase "Target Audience" a whole new meaning.

re: #15 Creeping Eruption

Its not as if the NY Times has any money to pay ransom.

They've already hocked their building.

NYT bashing aside; here's hoping that Mr. Rhodes is alive and at least reasonably well, and that he will be freed soon. Hopefully, "freed" by a Seal team who wipe out his kidnappers.

Speaking of kidnappings, what ever happened to the UN worker John Solecki? I recall a video being released...

The Times is pretty good in hushing up a story,when it serves their purpose. If it embarasses, say, the Bush Administration, however, it's leak leak leak/blab blab blab.

re: #19 Ward Cleaver

They've already hocked their building.

I'd bet a lot of folks have hocked on their building as well.

re: #20 Occasional Reader

NYT bashing aside; here's hoping that Mr. Rhodes is alive and at least reasonably well, and that he will be freed soon. Hopefully, "freed" by a Seal team who wipe out his kidnappers.

Yes, but if their own NYT people don't know about it, I'm rather suspicious of the government being aware.

His last name is Rohde from what I gather.

re: #4 Ward Cleaver

Why would they hush it up?

elitism?...as in nobody would harm a NYT reporter

re: #23 VegasRick

I'd bet a lot of folks have hocked on their building as well.

If I were a pigeon, I'd do a flyover.

Zero just won't shut up! 50 days and I already can't stand his voice.

re: #7 Honorary Yooper

Or else they're negotiating the ransom payment.

Michael Yon is the Ernie Pyle/Robert Capa of our day. If he writes it I believe it.

re: #29 joncelli

Or else they're negotiating the ransom payment.

free yearly subscriptions for all!

re: #29 joncelli

Or else they're negotiating the ransom payment.

Lifetime subscription should do it.

re: #32 VegasRick

Lifetime subscription should do it.

That's worth what, maybe $5? Nobody would be stupid enough to take that.

re: #28 VegasRick

Zero just won't shut up! 50 days and I already can't stand his voice.

The best thing is going into supermarkets or bookstores and seeing the tons of zero paraphernalia scattered all over the place. Enough, enough, enough... enough.

OT: Obama's speaking on earmarks. So now he's a paragon of restraint and virtue.

Obama: "... a new era of accountability and responsibility."
I just threw up a little in my mouth.

i

the nyt is biding it's time, concocting a sympathetic story to explain the
terrorists' actions when this reporter finally turns up in a brutal video.

what ever is going on here is abt. favoring the enemy.

re: #4 Ward Cleaver

Why would they hush it up?

You always hate to admit a case of 'friendly fire'.

re: #4 Ward Cleaver

Why would they hush it up?

Maybe they are being tasked by the Taliban to see if they can get the President's ear and state publicly that he is willing to talk to them.

re: #34 Boxy_brown

The best thing is going into supermarkets or bookstores and seeing the tons of zero paraphernalia scattered all over the place. Enough, enough, enough... enough.

I was at Barnes and Noble this past weekend and was surprised at the pure quanity of "O" books and so forth. Even Oprah for the first time ever has someone other than herself on the cover of her magazine. You would think he was the second coming of... oh wait.

re: #13 MJ

There is a logic to keeping these stories quiet. The more attention paid, the greater the currency the journalist retains to the kidnappers. Then again, it is the NYT so one never knows if they just wish to keep the connection between Islam and terrorism to a minimum.

I agree.

But to me it like the"professional courtesy" cops often extend when a fellow officer is caught beating his wife or driving drunk. If this man was not a reporter or worked for an organization the NYT did not consider to be part of the journalistic fraternity the story would be reported.

NYT Editor : "Did someone Tell David to get out of there before we published the next round of movement leaks of the US military? Anyone?"

re: #34 Boxy_brown

The best thing is going into supermarkets or bookstores and seeing the tons of zero paraphernalia scattered all over the place. Enough, enough, enough... enough.

I find it disturbing.

re: #13 MJ

There is a logic to keeping these stories quiet. The more attention paid, the greater the currency the journalist retains to the kidnappers. Then again, it is the NYT so one never knows if they just wish to keep the connection between Islam and terrorism to a minimum.

You know I agree a bit with keeping it quiet but then you realize they publicize national security secrets that harm the entire country and it's hard to have a lot of sympathy for them.

re: #9 Kosh's Shadow

Why would the Taliban kidnap a NY Slimes reporter? A Fox reporter, I could understand.
Maybe they needed a new PR person and they'd figure anyone from the NYT would be willing.
/

Been there - done that - got the t-shirt. NYT should be ashamed of themselves but, since they suck the ones member so well they have no shame. We are all sooo skrude.

Interesting that the kidnappers aren't talking either.

===

Oh please, if the NYSlimes thought it would hurt W, Cheney, Israel, or Republicans this story would have been front page top of the fold for weeks straight.

All of a sudden the NYSlimes has morals and common sense post election? The Big 0 must truly be a miracle worker.

NOT,
R

The RoP struck again?

Looks like the terrorist thugs would concentrate on capturing 'journalists' reporting against their cause rather than for them like the leaky NYT, but on second thought he is a westerner.

If ransom negotiation is one of the motives that kept the paper quiet on the story, I wonder how many NYT shares the captors would take for his release? The Old Grey Lady has no clothes.

I do hope if he has been taken that he is released unharmed soon.

I read on Drudge this morning that an ex Gitmo guy was now the head of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The libs should be proud of their handy work.

Very odd. They usually like to use situations like this to show how heroic their reporters are and how crucial their 'hard news reporting' is.

I hope he's okay. I'll send up a prayer for him. He shouldn't be forgotten and shame on his employers for doing just that.

I really want to know why the media (forget NYT -- nobody else is talking about it, either) is turning a blind eye.

re: #48 Oxnuts

I read on Drudge this morning that an ex Gitmo guy was now the head of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The libs should be proud of their handy work.

Um, it was the Bush administration that released him.

I can't say why they have hushed this up, but it is a disgrace. How awful for his friends and family that he is missing and his employer doesn't say a word. It should be in the paper every day.
I remember a few years back when that young lady who worked part time in a restaurant was kidnapped and they had signs and posters up in every restaurant.

re: #40 filetandrelease

I was at Barnes and Noble this past weekend and was surprised at the pure quanity of "O" books and so forth. Even Oprah for the first time ever has someone other than herself on the cover of her magazine. You would think he was the second coming of... oh wait.

I make it a habit of turning the books over but a lot of them have zero on the front and back covers... I expect to run into an Obama pop-up book any day now.

The story had been kept so quiet that she didn’t actually know the kidnapping had occurred.

Compare that to Northrop Grumman who, IIRC, had a website dedicated to their employees who were held in Colombia.

re: #50 turn

I didnt say the libs did it. They were the ones pressuring Bush to do it though.

Nice to see they care about their employees.
/s

Does anyone have a bio for him? I can't find any reference to him as a NY Times reporter.

And while I deeply sympathize with him and his family if the tales are true, I have to wonder whether a NY Times reporter might not decide to awkwardly "imbed" with the Taliban out of some misguided multicultural brainfart. In other words, there's a possibility it's not a kidnapping but rather "investigative journalism to uncover the truth about these beautiful and wild people living in the rugged majesty of Pakistan's moutains." Just sayin'.

He isn't kidnapped... he is just visiting his family and friends who just so happen to live in the mountainous border region.

re: #56 Diamond Bullet

I can't find any reference to him as a NY Times reporter.

His last name is Rohde.

That is why you cannot find info on him.

That's right - Yon got the name wrong. Here's a Wikipedia page on him:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

What a disgusting reaction, here in the comments section.

Bravo, LGF.

Bravo.

re: #56 Diamond Bullet

Does anyone have a bio for him? I can't find any reference to him as a NY Times reporter.

And while I deeply sympathize with him and his family if the tales are true, I have to wonder whether a NY Times reporter might not decide to awkwardly "imbed" with the Taliban out of some misguided multicultural brainfart. In other words, there's a possibility it's not a kidnapping but rather "investigative journalism to uncover the truth about these beautiful and wild people living in the rugged majesty of Pakistan's moutains." Just sayin'.

This the same thought I have. Keep quiet, try to keep him "forgotten".

re: #48 Oxnuts

I read on Drudge this morning that an ex Gitmo guy was now the head of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The libs should be proud of their handy work.

The conditions at Gitmo drove him to it, before that he was a flower arranger and built orphanages in his spare time.

Charles, I have to ask: Does the reaction here not trouble you? At all?

re: #59 Charles

That's right - Yon got the name wrong. Here's a Wikipedia page on him:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

What nationality is the family name, Rohde?

snip from wiki...
While a reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his coverage of the Srebrenica massacre.

His work exposed the slaughter of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the region of Srebrenica, and was hailed as some of the finest reporting on human rights abuses ever. His reporting was used in programs to teach international reporting skills to young journalists at Columbia University, where officials said of his work: "We felt that Rohde's work was ideal for a case study in reporting on gross human rights violations, presenting opportunities to study both the professional techniques and the moral issues that pertain to such work."[2]...
snip

He very well could be on another human rights journalistic assignment.

re: #63 Cognito

Charles, I have to ask: Does the reaction here not trouble you? At all?

What reaction? You mean that we blame NYT as much as the taliban? They have done very little or nothing to effect his release and may have actually added to the taliban's position by downplaying the filthy disgusting terrible things these vermin have done. Daniel Pearl was beheaded while he was still alive and I don't remember if you had anything to ever say about that - did you condemn it? Who are you really - Carville?

re: #65 bolivar

I'm sure Charles appreciates your willingness to answer for him. But I'll wait, thanks.

being that the NYTimes is the official newspaper of record for the Talicrat Party, they have no interest in running a story critical of their brethren

re: #63 Cognito

Cog, I do believe that everyman is constitutionally entitled to their own reaction. Just as you have reactions and responses which are in total adverse polarity to others on some subjects. Personal accountability is just that, personal.

Overall, Charles is not responsible for how others "react".

I personally pray that Mr. Rohde has not been harmed.
I also pray daily for the safety of Yon and Totten.

Thanks. But again, I'll wait for Charles.

re: #60 Cognito

What the fuck are you talking about?

And this is in reply to the first nonsense you posted and not the post to Charles. So, wait for Charles's attention regarding that rot if you want, but you can answer the question.

re: #70 kynna

What the fuck are you talking about?

And this is in reply to the first nonsense you posted and not the post to Charles. So, wait for Charles's attention regarding that rot if you want, but you can answer the question.

I'm talking about the rampant idiocy that has clearly taken hold here. People marching around pretending to know what they're talking about, as though the New York Times isn't working in concert with -- and heeding the advice of -- the authorities.

The actual authorities, that is, instead of a pack of moronic commenters for whom no shot is too cheap.

No worries.. he's probably the houseguest of the leader of the Afghani taliban... the same fellow we set free from Gitmo, who just wants to return the hospitality.

I'm talking about the rampant idiocy that has clearly taken hold here. People marching around pretending to know what they're talking about, as though the New York Times isn't working in concert with -- and heeding the advice of -- the authorities.

Wow...

Yeah, the New york Times has an unblemished record of doing the right thing... Hope this fellow is OK, I truly do, that doesn't make the times a well run paper.

re: #4 Ward Cleaver

Why would they hush it up?

It han't been approved for release yet by the Obama propoganda office.

Disappointing.

I read that 27 reporters have been killed since 2009 began. I am surprised that more people do not have GP chips implanted so that people can find them sooner rather then months later or not at all. I'm, sure they're keeping it quite so as not to ratchet up the pressure on the terrorists who will demand more money. Maybe he hasn't told them who he really works for an they are going through an intermediary.

re: #76 DistantThunder

I read that 27 reporters have been killed since 2009 began. I am surprised that more people do not have GPGPS chips implanted so that people can find them sooner rather then months later or not at all. I'm, sure they're keeping it quite so as not to ratchet up the pressure on the terrorists who will demand more money. Maybe he hasn't told them who he really works for an they are going through an intermediary.

re: #56 Diamond Bullet

Yes, this story is a bit odd after reading up on Rohde and his "work" over the years. He seems to be more of an apologist for the muslims than anything else. If his captors were going to harm him I would think we would have heard more from them by now.

re: #71 Cognito

I'm talking about the rampant idiocy that has clearly taken hold here. People marching around pretending to know what they're talking about, as though the New York Times isn't working in concert with -- and heeding the advice of -- the authorities.

The actual authorities, that is, instead of a pack of moronic commenters for whom no shot is too cheap.

You must think we're fools if you think any of us will believe that now suddenly the NYT cares what the authorities have to say. They sure as hell didn't when they were publishing national security secrets.

Since we're such moronic idiots in your opinion, you'll not be coming back then?

re: #75 Cognito

Disappointing.

Your continual knee-jerk defense of the media sure is disappointing.

re: #75 Cognito Yes, you are.

re: #71 Cognito

The only rampant hypocrisy is from you and your feeble attempts to defend the NYT after they repeatedly undermined a sitting president and national security for years.

re: #71 Cognito

I'm talking about the rampant idiocy that has clearly taken hold here. People marching around pretending to know what they're talking about, as though the New York Times isn't working in concert with -- and heeding the advice of -- the authorities.

The actual authorities, that is, instead of a pack of moronic commenters for whom no shot is too cheap.

Still the shill for the MSM, eh?

This is the same newspaper who doesn't think twice about splashing national security leaks from Dem traitors on their pages and printing stories drummed up by liars who can't be bothered to do the real journalistic work.

But you defend them.

Who exactly is the moron?

So it continues.

Nothing, Charles?

re: #85 Cognito

It's not his job to jump through your hoops.

re: #85 Cognito

So it continues.

Nothing, Charles?

A man said to the universe webmaster:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe webmaster,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."

--my apologies to Stephen Crane

re: #87 Boxy_brown

Sad.