Stockholm Syndrome at the Washington Post
15th January 2015
Stockholm syndrome occurs when hostages express empathy, sympathy, and/or positive feelings about their captors, even to the point of identifying with and/or defending them. The Washington Post, whose reporter Jason Rezaian has been imprisoned in Tehran for more than five months, appears to be experiencing something resembling Stockholm syndrome.
Of course, if he were being held by a civilized government, they’d be marching in the streets.