They are celebrities, they are important people in many ways, they were hostages, they speak with remarkably soft voices and you wonder why: each has taken the rest of us to the edge and left us to consider how we would cope under their circumstances. The one TV moment of 2008 that no one should miss is BBC journalist and former hostage in Gaza, Alan Johnston, interviewing Ingrid Betancourt, Colombia’s one-tme presidential candidate who was taken hostage by rebel group Farc.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 24 December 2008 at 20:52 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 24 December 2008.
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Tags: Alan Johnston, BBC, hostages, Ingrid Betancourt, Media
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