November 28th, 2008 // comments (0)

CNN Reporter Attacked On TV

In the second day of the siege in Mumbai, some members of the media are finding themselves in the middle of local anger. CNN’s Sara Sidner is the network’s New Delhi correspondent. Sidner was reporting about the situation at the Taj Hotel when several locals began interrupting her live shot. Sidner would later report, “As we were standing outside a large group of people came around, many of them young, with the smell of alcohol on their breath, frankly. They were standing very, very close and suddenly chaos erupted.”

Add to this shocking video the fact that CNN let their license to broadcast live from India expire during the biggest story that country has seen in decades and you have the first chapter in a book titled ‘How Not To Cover International Stories’. As for Sidner, she’s doing just fine.

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