On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, we’re revisiting this video, which we first posted several months ago — it’s NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent, Richard Engel, detailing to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow the horrifying tale of how he was abducted by pro-Assad forces within Syria, and how he came to be freed. Engel is one of the lucky ones (extremely lucky, considering the content of his story) — 23 professional journalists have been killed covering the civil war, the majority of them Syrian, on top of dozens more slain citizen journalists.
Richard Engel’s harrowing kidnapping and escape
via Rachel Maddow
“That is celebratory gunfire.” Richard Engel live on MSNBC reporting on the breach of the western gate of Khaddafy’s compound in Tripoli, Libya. VIDEO
(via thepoliticalnotebook)
Richard Engel explains the Iraq election clearly
Maddow’s enthusiasm is contagious. luv
