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In article 65994@hydra.gatech.EDU, gt7122b@prism.gatech.EDU (R. Mandock) writes:
> Yesterday, an ABC news producer for Sam Donaldson was shot by a sniper, while
> covering the violence in Yugoslavia.  There was no room for him in the tank 
> in which Sam "Nasty Boy" Donaldson sat, well-protected and well-paid.  Is
> there a point to this?   Maybe.  Should the on-air "personality" be more well
> protected than the producer, who, after all, did the REAL work necessary to
> prepare any and all news stories originating from that location?  I mean, is
> Sam Donaldson really irreplaceable, or could ABC, for instance, just  subject
> Corkie Roberts to 72 hours of continuous sleep deprivation, poke her with
> sharp sticks an hour before broadcast time and then loose her on polite 
> company and achieve the same effect?
> 
> 
> -- 
> MANDOCK,R.
> Internet: gt7122b@prism.gatech.edu

This is really just too choice!  Do this post have a purpose?  The only thing
I see in it is that the originator seems to think that Sam Donaldson should
have died instead of his producer (his name was David Kaplin BTW).  I would
like to see your source for this post especially the part about the tank.  The
only thing I've seen mentioned about the vehicle that Donaldson was riding
in was that it was "different car".  This was from an AP story in The Argus
14 Aug 1992.

It should be further noted that Mr. Kaplin was not wearing a bullet-proof
vest like most of the rest of the press does.  I suppose that you think
that Sam took that too.

A man has died.  Please don't trivialize it taking a cheap shot a someone
who had *nothing* to do with his death.


Bob De Guc

>This is really just too choice!  Do this post have a purpose?  The only thing
>I see in it is that the originator seems to think that Sam Donaldson should
>have died instead of his producer (his name was David Kaplin BTW).  I would
>like to see your source for this post especially the part about the tank.  The
>only thing I've seen mentioned about the vehicle that Donaldson was riding
>in was that it was "different car".  This was from an AP story in The Argus
>14 Aug 1992.
I don't want to get into an argument here, but the report I saw (I think it was
on CNN) showed an Armoured Car than Donaldson was riding around in.  It looked
exactly like a Brinks or other bank service-type armoured car.  

>It should be further noted that Mr. Kaplin was not wearing a bullet-proof
>vest like most of the rest of the press does.  I suppose that you think
>that Sam took that too.

>A man has died.  Please don't trivialize it taking a cheap shot a someone
>who had *nothing* to do with his death.
>
>
Maybe ABC should have taken steps to provide more armoured transport for the
entire crew?

Doug