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NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel has gone missing in Syria, according to Turkish news reports. The reports also say that Aziz Akyavaş, a Turkish journalist working with Engel, is unaccounted for. NBC News has been successfully keeping Engel's status subject to a news blackoutone to which Gawker agreed until nowfor at least the past 24 hours.
Turkish newspaper Hurriyet is reporting that Engel and Akyavaş were last known to be in Syria and haven't been in contact with NBC News since Thursday morning. The news has been reported widely in the Turkish press over the past 24 hours, including by Turkish news channel NTV, which presents itself as an international partner of MSNBC. It's also been widely distributed on Twitter.
But NBC News has been asking every reporter who inquires about the report to participate in a news blackout. It has also taken to Twitter and asked people who repeated the Turkish reports there to take them down. You can see here a screengrab of the Twitter account @NBCComm asking a Twitter user who had mentioned the reports to urgently call a cell phone number (that account has since been taken down).
NBC News declined to comment for the record about Engel's whereabouts, but asked Gawker not to report what it characterized as "rumors" about Engel's current status.
The Turkish reports have been referenced on Twitter by Slate's David Weigel, Michelle Malkin, former MSNBC anchor David Shuster, and hundreds of others.
http://m.gawker.com/5969029/richard-engel-is-missing-in-syria-nbc-news-enforces-news-blackout
DearAbby
(12,461 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Hope they're both OK.
I say both because :
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel is missing in Syria, according to Turkish news reports.
A Turkish journalist working with Engel, Aziz Akyavaş, is also unaccounted for.
Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reports that Engel and Akyavaş were last known to be in Syria and haven't been in contact with NBC News since Thursday morning.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249562/NBC-News-chief-foreign-correspondent-Richard-Engel-missing-Syria-Thursday.html#ixzz2FKwBZtf4
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)ellenfl
(8,660 posts)he puts his life on the line to keep us informed. fsm be with you, richard.
ananda
(28,936 posts)Engel was one of the good ones! I'm so sad.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Richard Engel is one of best journalists of this generation.
It's just one tragedy after another. Will it ever stop?
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)...but for now, let's just pray this is not true.
DearAbby
(12,461 posts)even if you dont believe, send love and protection.
progressoid
(50,043 posts)That's not good.
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