TagsTagsDavid Paulin looks at the Jill Carroll hostage story from a different angle—the mainstream media’s collective role in her kidnapping and the murder of her translator, due to the use (and misuse) of freelance reporters: A black eye for the mainstream media’s use of freelancers. Carroll freelanced for The Christian ...
I’m happy to report that Jill Carroll has repudiated the anti-American statements she made in that video released by the Iraqi mujahideen: Jill Carroll’s Statement. During my last night of captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video. They told me they [sic] would be released if I ...
The Christian Science Monitor is reporting that Jill Carroll was threatened before her release, and that her video interview with the mujahideen in which she made anti-American statements was coerced. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Jill Carroll’s kidnappers reportedly warned her before her release that she might be killed if she cooperated with ...
Howard Kurtz sums up the Questions About Carroll’s Captivity, and even he thinks her statements about how well she was treated are “rather odd.” Carroll is a 28-year-old freelancer who went to Baghdad on her own, became a stringer for the Christian Science Monitor and clearly was bent on understanding Iraqi ...
A video has appeared on the internet, apparently showing ex-hostage Jill Carroll in an interview conducted by her kidnappers before they released her. (Hat tip: jimo.) “Did you think the American army or the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) would save you at any time,” a muffled male voice asked Ms Carroll ...
Here’s a great post with lots of links on the freeing of American journalist Jill Carroll, at The Jawa Report. UPDATE at 3/30/06 8:52:14 am: She says the terrorists treated her well. Her interpreter, murdered during the kidnapping, was not available for comment.