Current TV hired this guy to keep the media out.When Jill Carroll was kidnapped by insurgents in Iraq in 2006, the editor of the Christian Science Monitor quickly released a statement: "Jill's' ability to help others understand the issues facing all groups in Iraq has been invaluable," said editor Richard Bergenheim. "We are urgently seeking information about Ms. Carroll and pursuing every avenue to secure her release." The paper also reported the story of her abduction and publ
Euna Lee (left) and Laura LingTwo American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporting in censor-happy North Korea, are now being censored in America -- by their own San Francisco-based media outlet. After Ling and Lee were sentenced on Monday to 12 years of hard labor in a North Korean prison camp, a couple of Current TV contributors tried to blog about it on the Current TV user-generated content site and found their contributions quickly, and quietly, removed. Apparently, the c
Homeward bound? You won't learn about it on Current TV.Bill Clinton's surprise trip to Pyongyang could be a monumental achievement for all parties involved: San Francisco's Current TV could finally see the return of its two imprisoned journalists, Kim Jong-il could get that much-needed infusion of Courvoisier for his supplies, and our former president could finally be hailed as a hero for taking home a pair of young, married women. All joking aside, it's a big deal and great sign for journali
Joe EskenaziThe Aston Martin is James Bond's vehicle of choice. But nothing like this ever happened to 007. When a bevy of fire trucks, ambulances, and squad cars noisily descended upon the China Basin building moments ago, we thought Laura Ling and Euna Lee had come home on the Concorde and were visiting the old neighborhood. Nope. It turns out a pair of drivers had decided to re-enact Dale Earnhardt and Sterling Martin's fateful impact during the 2001 Daytona 500. Luckily, this collision oc