Fox News Journalists Kidnapped In Gaza

Breaking:
(Link screwy?  Try this.)

Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a FOX News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and FOX.      

"We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," FOX News said in a statement.     

The men, along with a bodyguard, were parked near the headquarters of the Palestinian security services when two trucks filled with gunmen pulled up and boxed them in, according to the employee. The gunmen took the two out of their sports utility vehicle, which was marked "TV," and drove away, he said.

An unnamed Fox source has stated that one of the two men abducted was Fox News correspondent Steve Centanni.

The second abductee is said to be a freelance cameraman from New Zealand, reported by Drudge to be Olaf Wiig.

The photo to the left is from Wiig's website, picturing the cameraman alongside his partner, BBC reporter Anita McNaught.

You might guess that the likes of the Democratic Underground would take an unsavory delight in this news, but that's just you being cynical.  They're actually quite bummed out (not because of the kidnapping, mind you, but because bigger names weren't abducted).

Of All the Luck
Not Geraldo or Hannity, not Gibson or O'Reilly not even Greta Van Susteren. A couple of expendable nobodies that FOX can replace in a heartbeat. There's no joy in this only disappointment.

Another DU commenter channels a little of that Markos "Screw them" magic into his compassion (potty words obfuscated):

Unless he's so incompetent he never watched his potential employer...  

...before taking the job, I can't feel sympathy for him. Empathy, but not sympathy.

Serves them right, the f**king liars.
Their channel's constant stream of lies is partly responsible for Americans not demanding Israel cease its war crimes.

F**K them.

(But still, I hope they don't get killed, just scared into reality.)

Update:

FoxNews.com seems to have yanked the story (or at least disabled it during retooling/updates).  The link at the top of the post now goes to a story about Nigerian kidnappings, and a search of the site for the above-quoted piece comes up empty.

Update:

New Zealand news website Stuff reports that Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti says negotiations for the release of the two journalists are underway.

Update:

Internal Fox News memo (HT: MKH @ MM):

John Moody, FNC Senior VP:

The rumors are true: two of our employees have been abducted in Gaza. We will report this fact via our Israel correspondents. Do NOT do any other segments on it. Do not book guests on this topic. Do not comment officially and of course, not on the air, about it. DO pray for their release. I will keep you posted.

8/15 Update:

Foxnews.com has updated Centanni's bio page as of today's date.  Nothing is stated about the kidnapping but they have replaced his picture (above) with this more intrepid shot.

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