Sunday, May 27, 2018

CBS News Correspondent Reveals What It Was Like To Visit North Korea And View The Demolition Of Its Nuclear Test Site

Ben Tracy reported from a nuclear testing facility in North Korea last week.Screenshot via CBSnews.com

Business Insider: A CBS News reporter reveals what it was like when North Korea blew up its nuclear testing site

* CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy was the only American broadcast news correspondent invited by North Korea to witness the destruction of a nuclear testing facility last week.
* Tracy described the trip as secretive and full of strict rules, but reported officials said they wanted journalists at the site to be "transparent."
* Tracy was not allowed to pull up the shades on his train window and had his radiation-testing equipment confiscated.

CBS News foreign correspondent Ben Tracy gave viewers a close-up look at the demolition of a nuclear testing facility in North Korea last week, a publicity-oriented trip he described as full of strict rules.

Tracy was the only American broadcast news correspondent out of around 20 invited by North Korea, he told Broadcasting & Cable. The only other American outlet present was CNN.

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3 comments:

Gadfly Speck said...

May be the first time in history that a Potemkin village was ever blown up to hide reality.

James said...

Gadfly,
Good one LOL!

War News Updates Editor said...

LOL
So true.