NBC Ignores American Arrested in North Korea, But Slams Palin Photo

Nicholas Fondacaro | April 23, 2017
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Troubling news broke out of North Korea early Sunday morning after an American citizen was arrest by North Korean officials on Saturday. “It has been confirmed that another American has been arrested in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, which about 120 miles north from here from Seoul,” reported ABC’s Bob Woodruff during Good Morning America. It’s shocking news that hits just as tensions between the U.S. and communist regime are near a boiling point. Despite those facts, NBC’s Willie Geist failed to mention the development during his show, Sunday Today.

“His name so far is not known,” noted Woodruff. “But the Sweden embassy, America's only real connection to North Korea's government has been told that he is a Korean-American in his 50s,” he added, “And had been in North Korea for about a month, working on relief efforts.”

The reasoning behind the arrest was “unknown,” according to CNN at the time, but the reported that “The US State Department on Sunday said it was working on the case.”

Woodruff stated that “today's news really marks the third detention of a U.S. citizen by North Korea in the past 16 months.” One such American detained was Otto Warmbier, who was sentenced to “15 years of hard labor for allegedly removing a political sign from a hotel wall.” The other prisoner was Kim Dong Chul. North Korea claims he was a spy and he’s not doing 10 years of hard labor.

Instead of reported this disturbing news, Geist chose to harp on the White House photo-op involving former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock. 

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