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Candice Bergen | 06/28/2009 11:00 pm

Candice Bergen Worries About the Health of David Rohde

By Candice Bergen RSS
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In response to: What do you think of The New York Times's decision to withhold information regarding reporter David Rohde's kidnapping?
Candice Bergen
Like everyone, I had no idea that a Times reporter had been kidnapped for six months. It seems odd that he hasn’t been seen since his escape and makes me worry about his overall health. But I certainly understand his wanting his privacy. Bill Keller at the Times has been extremely closemouthed before and since. Who knows what he would have done if it hadn’t turned out well. He seems very certain of his convictions.

Read more about: David Rohde, Kidnapping, Politics, The New York Times

4 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Diana T
Candice,  NPR said he was only married 2 months before his disappearance and they were going to reunite and go into seclusion for awhile.  Makes sense to me…
By Diana T on 06/29/2009 12:28 am
Lila Kuh
It does seem out of step with our "norm" of holding a press conference and showing one’s face to share the happy outcome with the public, but maybe he has been traumatized and needs his privacy… or alternatively, maybe there are others we don’t know about, whose safety could be jeopardized by too much publicity.
By Lila Kuh on 06/29/2009 7:44 am
O E
We need more people like Bill Keller around everywhere.  Silence, as the proverb says, is golden.  In this case a life was saved, maybe other lives will be too; and Rohde’s family was protected from the prying media voltures.  Rohde has the right to privacy.  He doesn’t owe the public an appearance, neither does he need to relive his captivity by talking about it to the media.  It’s his  life.  It’s up to him.
By O E on 06/29/2009 12:11 pm