Gunmen kidnapped Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig on Monday in Gaza. A reporter's worst nightmare is becoming the story he's covering. This happened here--and worse, way worse. How does one objectively report on a story when one is the story? One option, I suppose, is to not report at all. This is what Fox News has instructed most of its journalists and talking heads. The kidnapping is newsworthy, but somehow off limits. Do journalists have a double-standard on information when that information stands to affect other journalists? Or, does Fox News want its on-air talent to largely avoid discussing on this very real story because it is at the heart of this very real story? At least one line from Fox News Channel's controversial directive to its staff won't elicit controversy: "DO pray for their release." Those journalists, brave enough to leave the studio and get the story in dangerous territory, could certainly use our prayers.

I think their directive may be a bit extreme, but it is in better taste than the constant coverage other networks have given to themselves when they become part of the story.

It is just some more of the amoral Fox news channel. They report or not. They decide. They decide what's fair and how much balance (very little). They are a sad parody of a news channel.

How is refraining from reporting a story out of fear of bias indicative of being biased?