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“World Press Freedom Day” is a joke

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 gordon 2 Comments

It’s “World press freedom day” today. You’d think as a journalist that I’d care a little about that, but I

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we told you so: https://twitter.com/SpokespersonCHN/status/1391792014388121600

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It took the BBC about 10 seconds after the speech ended to do a montage on how great the queen is.
Over on Sky, they decided talking about her jewellery was one of the most important aspects of her speech.

If you are giving these organizations money, stop it.

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Big thank you to @MarkWatts_1 for his coverage of this important series of hearings.

Give him a follow. It's really interesting and important work.

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Actually what I found most shocking about that was the peculiar determination of the judges to make sure that, during the three weeks we have to lodge the appeal, I am not allowed to go to Spain to testify in the criminal prosecution for the CIA spying on Assange's legal team.

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I used to be proud to be British. Now, I can't think of a single reason to be.

I am beginning to hate my own country.

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“World Press Freedom Day” is a joke