Journalists Killed In The Line Of Duty [DVD]

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• Type: DVD
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• Language(s): english, english

Guest Narrations By: Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Christine Amanpour, Anne Garrels & Walter Cronkite Summary Between January 2002 and April 2003, a total of 46 journalists died while reporting news from around the world. Anderson Cooper is your host for these inside stories of six reporters who made the ultimate sacrifice in pursuit of the truth: Daniel Pearl: The Wall Street Journal reporter whose abduction and on-camera execution by Islamic Extremists shocked the world. Tim Lopes: An award-winning Brazilian TV reporter, his undercover stories in the slums of Rio led to his brutal torture and murder. Raffaele Ciriello: The freelance Italian photojournalists gunned down by soldiers during a battle in the Palestinian Territories. Taras Protsyuk: A Ukrainian cameraman killed by 'friendly fire' when U.S. tanks shelled his Baghdad hotel. Edgar Damalerio: A Philippine columnist who exposed corrupt local officials only to be slain in a deadly ambush by the police themselves. David Bloom: The 'embedded: NBC News correspondent who brought the Iraq War into America's living rooms until his sudden death from a blood clot.