The burden of being Anas

“He will be wearing a mask,” one of them stated.

As expected from a fellow journalist also looking for an exclusive, I immediately contended against the masked interview, reasoning that since I had brought no cameras and it would only be a worthy story if the interview was face-to-face – without the mask.  I even added a threat that, “If your guy refuses to take off the mask, then I won’t do this interview”. INKCIJ appreciated my argument, but said the decision was up to the interviewee.