I sat down this afternoon to post on a news story that I read earlier today. A Costa Rican diplomat had been kidnapped in Caracas. According to the Boston Globe, he was the fourth diplomat or diplo-family-member kidnapped in Caracas in the past 6 months.
But when I checked Google News this afternoon, the story had changed. The top story was now from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and with a much better headline: Diplomat Freed After Venezuela Kidnapping Ordeal. The story says that he's back with his family just over a day after disappearing. That's good news. The story says that although the abductors demanded a ransom, they released him under police pressure and with no money paid. That's good news.
And so I wonder - should this story make me feel safer about our next city, or should it make me feel nervous?
But when I checked Google News this afternoon, the story had changed. The top story was now from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and with a much better headline: Diplomat Freed After Venezuela Kidnapping Ordeal. The story says that he's back with his family just over a day after disappearing. That's good news. The story says that although the abductors demanded a ransom, they released him under police pressure and with no money paid. That's good news.
And so I wonder - should this story make me feel safer about our next city, or should it make me feel nervous?
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