BBC , John Simpson:

Journalism - good journalism, that is - has never been a safe profession.

Nor should it be. Putting tough questions to those in power, or finding out what is really going on, instead of what vested interests say is going on, can be dangerous.

Those who do these things know the risks they run, and carry out the job willingly.

But this does not mean that we should simply shrug when we hear of journalists being killed or imprisoned.

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