onlycatshere t1_jea0cqp wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:32 PM

Reply to comment by Sbubbert in U.S. journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges by tomorrow509

Journalists like this take a calculated risk. They believe what they are reporting on is worth the chance of state abuse. To say he should have known better is incredibly patronizing

buck70 t1_jebdsg6 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM

>They believe what they are reporting on is worth the chance of state abuse. To say he should have known better is incredibly patronizing

That's fair. However, they should expect no help whatsoever from the US government. Otherwise, they are just giving the Russians free bargaining chips.

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ObjectivePitiful1170 t1_jef6rlx wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:54 PM

> However, they should expect no help whatsoever from the US government. Otherwise, they are just giving the Russians free bargaining chips.

They give U.S. citizen information. The citizen need them to make informed decisions. They are quite possibly the most important cog of a democracy. There should be no limit to resources needed to make them as safe as possible, to respond to a crisis, and to handle any threat to freedom of the press decisively and punitively.