"I don't think this is necessarily a sell-out or a sign of cowardice. But it is, however, a relevant circumstance that materially affects news coverage whether the journalists like it or not. Whoever isn't convinced that intimidation doesn't affect speech should try the following experiment. Stand in front of the White House and ask the passers by whether George W. Bush is good for nothing so-and-so. Observe the result. Then stand in front of Nasrallah's entourage and do the same [tell them Nasrallah is no good -ed.]. Observe the result. So once, again, why was Steven Vincent the only foreign journalist to die in 2005? And why did the NYT leave him off the books? Beneath them or not one of them? Which?"