Michael Ware Still With CNN
"Michael Ware has spent so much of the past nine years reporting from war zones for Time magazine and CNN that it’s almost like he’s a citizen of Iraq.
That experience, he says, has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder. In an interview on Thursday, he said that CNN wanted him back in the field before he felt he was ready and, as a result, he was under the impression that he had been released from his contract. “I required further time off than I think CNN was able to give,” he said.
But there may have been a misunderstanding. On Friday CNN said that Mr. Ware is still employed by the network, disputing an unsourced report on a blog that he was no longer working for the network and that the disorder was a reason.
“We will continue to support him during this time,” the cable news network said in a statement. The network said it was “rightly regarded as an industry leader” in dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, and that it offers support services to past and present employees.
Mr. Ware’s agent, Richard Leibner, said, “They are clearly standing with him now.”"
Earlier: Michael Ware Exits CNN?
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1 Comments:
We get great benefits for PTSD, etc. Think about where Michael's been, plus our countless others who go to places Haiti without thinking twice, and you'll understand why.
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