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Foot soldiers, indeed.
Which brings us to today’s L.A. Times letter to the editor, because our voices matter:
Taking risks for us all
Re “Journalists’ deaths bring new outrage,” Feb. 23
Journalists and the media in general are often targets of contempt by the public and particularly politicians. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich frequently refers to journalists facetiously as the “elite media.”
Quite often we fail to recognize how wonderful it is to live in a country where the news is not suppressed, and to be thankful to those individuals who perpetuate this endowment. It is a vital ingredient of democracy, civil liberties and freedom.
God bless Marie Colvin, Remi Ochlik and the other war correspondents who risk their lives — and sometimes lose them — to provide us this gift in dangerous places. These people are truly the elite media.
Paul Shubunka
Santa Clarita
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