marc lives in mindanao. anthony: mindanao. now does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? marc: for me, yes. anthony: in the philippines, a press badge is no defense, particularly in the south of the country where marc navales lives and works. ben: mindanao has been war-torn for the last how many years? because of the radicalization of recent years, this growing specter of isis, mindanao is fertile grounds for that. anthony: now traditionally the argument against journalists arming themselves is that journalists have always been able to portray themselves as noncombatants. marc: yes. anthony: there was some presumption that they would not shoot you. ben: yeah. anthony: but these days, people seem to not make that distinction. ben: yes. dating back to the marcos years even. marc: since 1992, 77 journalists were killed. anthony: politics here can be
anthony: cheers, everyone. now you re both photojournalists. ben: yup. anthony: based out of manila? ben: yeah, uh, me. marc lives in mindanao. anthony: mindanao. now does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? marc: for me, yes. anthony: in the philippines, a press badge is no defense, particularly in the south of the country where marc navales lives and works. ben: mindanao has been war-torn for the last how many years? because of the radicalization of recent years, this growing specter of isis, mindanao is fertile grounds for that. anthony: now traditionally the argument against journalists arming themselves is that journalists have always been able to portray themselves as noncombatants. marc: yes. anthony: there was some presumption that they would not shoot you. ben: yeah. anthony: but these days, people seem to not make that distinction.
now you re both photojournalists. ben: yu anthony: based out of manila? ben: yeah, uh, me. marc lives in mindanao. anthony: mindanao. now does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? marc: for me, yes. anthony: in the philippines, a press badge is no defense, particularly in the south of the country where marc navales lives and works. ben: mindanao has been war-torn for the last how many years? because of the radicalization of recent years, this growing specter of isis, mindanao is fertile grounds for that. anthony: now traditionally the argument against journalists arming themselves is that journalists have always been able to portray themselves as noncombatants. marc: yes. anthony: there was some presumption that they would not shoot you. ben: yeah. anthony: but these days, people seem to not make that distinction. ben: yes. dating back to the marcos years
[ crowd cheering ] anthony: cheers, everyone. now you re both photojournalists. ben: yup. anthony: based out of manila? ben: yeah, uh, me. marc lives in mindanao. anthony: mindanao. now does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? marc: for me, yes. anthony: in the philippines, a press badge is no defense, particularly in the south of the country where marc navales lives and works. ben: mindanao has been war-torn for the last how many years? because of the radicalization of recent years, this growing specter of isis, mindanao is fertile grounds for that. anthony: now traditionally the argument against journalists arming themselves is that journalists have always been able to portray themselves as noncombatants. marc: yes. anthony: there was some presumption that they would not shoot you. ben: yeah. anthony: but these days,
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