http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/6/152418/4796 Here's a cost to add to whatever you pay for your daily newspaper or your monthly cable bill.  Not a price you're going to be charged, it's a cost shouldered by journalists trying to report the news.  It's the cost in lives of those just doing their jobs.  This cost is rising each year and, but for an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pearl">occasionally sensational</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya">case</a>, these <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ en-us Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:54:24 EST Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:12:36 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/6/152418/4796#3 The Putin type of government is entirely state sponsored terrorism.  The fear created restricts free press and open exchange of facts.  What journalist would be brave enough in Russia to do a real investigation and honest reporting of the death o Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:12:36 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/6/152418/4796#2 It seems that in many cases the journalists are killed, or at least their deaths are authorized by, the local government.  This of course ensures that the police and legal system fail to investigate the death.  It must have been a suicidal plunge Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:31:58 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2007/3/6/152418/4796#1 The "Killing The Messenger" link goes to an unrelated site.  Please change to the following url:  <a href="http://www.newssafety.com/">http://www.newssafety.com/</a>.<br> <em>_</em><em>_</em><em>_</em><em>_</em><em>_</em>__<p> The journalist deat Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:03:09 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/