An extraordinary story brought to you by another champion of media freedom, Duncan Robertson, sitting at the head of the table at the Mad Hatters tea party.
The US Department of State issued a Press Release yesterday to announce that the USA will be hosting Unesco’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from May 1 – May 3 in Washington, D.C. The Press Release points out that . . UNESCO is the only UN agency with the mandate to promote freedom of expression and its corollary, freedom of the press. [my emphasis] For sheer hypocrisy, given the current US reaction to Wikileaks, one would be hard pushed … Read More
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bloody hilarious!
Nick
December 8, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Are they now goading us or something?
*slaps head*
Jason (HomeGrown Outlaw)
December 9, 2010 at 1:47 am
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Here at World Spinner we are debating the same thing……
World Spinner
December 9, 2010 at 9:53 am
Oh, the irony!
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December 9, 2010 at 10:28 am
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