Tue, 28 Feb 2017 06:23:06 +0000 THE parting shots of American Ambassador Eric Schultz were characteristically reminiscent of the patronizing and maddeningly condescending attitude of diplomats from so called developed countries. He could not help but fire a broadside at Government, suggesting that authoritarian governments suppressing the media had a very short life. He was of course referring to the difficulties the Post Newspaper finds itself in for evading taxes and failing to honour financial obligations. He failed to acknowledge that his own President has taken strident steps to escalate attacks on journalists as “the enemy of the people” and berating members of his own Federal Bureau of Investigation as “leakers” who he said were putting the nation at risk. Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference, Mr. Trump criticized as “fake news” organi zations some of the most prominent news institutions in the world, including CNN, BBC and others. His gripe, of course sometimes exaggerated, […]
