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Only two stories had been filed on a nightly newscast--by NBC's Pete Williams and ABC's Bob Woodruff--about the plight of Current TV's pair of jailed journalists before they were convicted and sentenced. Now a correspondent from all three networks tells us about the twelve years of hard labor facing Lisa Ling and Euna Lee. They were found guilty of violating North Korean territory along its border with the People's Republic of China. ABC's David Wright told us that North Korea is known to operate six different prison camps. Their conditions are "downright appalling--but some camps are said to give special treatment for high-ranking prisoners."
CBS' David Martin called the sentence "harsher than expected…in the past three months the North Koreans have seemed bent on confrontation with the new Obama Administration." NBC's Andrea Mitchell had a different explanation: "Pyongyang is focused on border security and keeping foreign journalists out as it deals with an internal power struggle." She reported that "the ailing dictator" Kim Jong Il has designated his youngest son Kim Jong Un as his successor.
CBS' Martin reminded us that North Korea has released past American prisoners in response to the dispatch of a special envoy. Current TV was co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore. "He has a personal interest here," ABC's Wright pointed out. "He stands ready," stated NBC's Mitchell.
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