Journalist.
More specifically, being a journalist in North Korea.
More, more specifically, being an American journalist in North Korea.
To that end The Los Angeles Times this morning offers late-breaking news that, after a two-day trial, that Laura Ling, CNN's Lisa Ling is her older sister, and Euna Lee, both of Current TV, were convicted of a grave crime against the state and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. I never want to go to jail but I really never want to go to jail in North Korea and as for hard labour, well, I am rather delicate. Ms. Link and Ms. Lee were tried by the nation's highest court so there's no appeal, but most seem to agree the isolationist regime will be using the journalists as bargaining chips with Washington.
On top of jail avoidance I never want to be a bargaining chip either.
For your erudition, Current TV is partially owned by the inventor of the Internet, Vice President Al Gore, and is painfully hip with a reliance on viewer produced content i.e. smart young adults with video cameras who are killing time before going to grad school or getting real world jobs but have a passion for telling stories. It is on cable networks in the United States.
12 years.
That sucks.
Big time.
WFDS
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