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First off, I wonder why the reporter thought it was acceptable to give out Mz Berlin's true identity, thus potentially making it easier for stalker-types to harass her and put her life in jeopardy. Secondly, unless the child's father can prove conclusively that her profession puts their son in danger and has solid proof of such, taking away any of her parental rights is selfish. To base a decision on the perception of mom's profession as opposed to the reality of her living situation is so medieval. Adding the demand that she move to Louisiana in order to have those visitation rights restored sounds like the kind of thing a control freak would come up with. Perhaps that is why she divorced him in the first place. Wonderful example you set for your son there dude.
My first thought was the reporter had an agenda and that agenda was far more important that the safety of the interviewee. Very unprofessional and were I his editor, he would fired and kicked out of the office on his keister.