History of Journalism in India

Such deaths mostly go unnoticed. An exception was the case Daniel Pearl, the wall street journal reporter, who was murdered in such grim circumstances that it constituted a story. Peal, 38 had set out to understand the workings of militant Islamic networks in Europe following the suicide attacks on New York and Washington in September 2001. His enquiries took him to Pakistan, where he was kidnapped and held in captivity before having his throat slit on camera. The resulting videotape, showing a mand brandishing a severed head, was then handed to American officials, to ensure that the murder made its maximum political impact.