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Presstitutes Donating Member (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 12:49 PM
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Reporters Without Borders: Miller's jailing undermines US press freedoms
From eRiposte at the Left Coaster: "I have always appreciated the work done by Reporters Without Borders (or Reporters sans frontieres, RSF) to serve as an organization to preserve the freedom of speech and speak out for the rights of reporters everywhere in the world. This week, however, I saw their annual Press Freedom rankings for 2005. Imagine my shock when I saw this in the summary of their report (emphasis mine): The United States (44th) fell more than 20 places, mainly because of the imprisonment of New York Times reporter Judith Miller and legal moves undermining the privacy of journalistic sources."

eRiposte goes on to tear down the 'Miller as martyr' myth. And rightfully so. Far from being an issue of limits on press freedom, the trouble with American journalism is the gross negligence, the abdication of ethical principles, the blatant Pre$$titution by so many members of the media. It's a problem of choice, not necessity. Nobody forced Tim Russert, Andrea Mitchell, The Note, MSNBC, Norah O'Donnell, the New York Times, Bill Schneider, Chris Matthews, David Gergen, and so many others to spend the past five years shilling for the Bush administration. It was a path they chose, and they bear a good deal of responsibility for the damage done to America's moral standing.

http://www.presstitutes.com/presstitutes/2005/10/eriposte_the_de.html
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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:05 PM
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1. I sent them a message yesterday
about the latest rift between Miller and the NYT. Haven't got an answer yet.

I am more and more convinced that RSF is working for some obscure forces.

Thierry Ménard (head of RSF) had to admit he took money from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) a CIA front organisation

Google RSF-CIA : links mostly in French.

RSF, la CIA et l’omerta : Lettre ouverte au rédacteur en chef de ...
RSF, la CIA et l’omerta : Lettre ouverte au rédacteur en chef de Télérama, par
Maxime Vivas. Imprimer cet article. 26 juin 2005 ...
www.legrandsoir.info/article.php3?id_article=2448 - 165k - En cache - Pages similaires

Quand Reporters Sans Frontières couvre la CIA, par Thierry Meyssan.
Dans la même période, Reporters sans frontières (RSF), dont M. Ménard est le ...
que le financement direct de RSF par la NED/CIA est anecdotique et récent, ...
www.legrandsoir.info/article.php3?id_article=2274 - 165k - En cache - Pages similaires

Oulala.net
RSF empoche les dollars de la CIA, fustige les altermondialistes et cajole l’US
Army. mardi 30 août 2005, par Oulala - Reprise d’article. ...
www.oulala.net/Portail/article.php3?id_article=1911 - 65k - En cache - Pages similaires

RSF empoche les dollars de la CIA, fustige les altermondialistes ...
Format de fichier: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Version HTML
RSF empoche les dollars de la CIA, fustige les altermondialistes et cajole l'US
Army. Oulala.net. -- Désinformation --. Désinformation. RSF empoche les ...
www.oulala.net/Portail/article_pdf.php3?id_article=1911 - Pages similaires
< Autres résultats, domaine www.oulala.net >

Cuba Solidarity Project : Nulle Part Ailleurs
Il ya déjà plusieurs années que Ménard et RSF sont arrivés à pénétrer les salles de
... ouvertement liées à NED et USAID et révèle la relation RSF-CIA, ...
vdedaj.club.fr/cuba/npa_rsf0304.html - 15k - En cache - Pages similaires

quelques remarquables remarques sur le site de RSF au sujet de Cuba
Vous retrouverez ces trois noms dans la liste des sites proposés par RSF.
Remarquable, non ? ... "La Fondation Ford, paravent philanthropique de la CIA" ...
vdedaj.club.fr/cuba/rsf_site_remarquable.html - 16k - En cache - Pages similaires

BELLACIAO - RSF empoche les dollars de la CIA, fustige les ...
RSF empoche les dollars de la CIA, fustige les altermondialistes et cajole l’US
Army 3 commentaire(s). de Maxime Vivas, écrivain, altermondialiste. ...
bellaciao.org/fr/article.php3?id_article=17716 - 96k - En cache - Pages similaires

BELLACIAO - Maxime Vivas - Collectif Bellaciao
RSF empoche les dollars de la CIA, fustige les altermondialistes et cajole l’US
Army. vendredi 5 août 2005. de Maxime Vivas, écrivain, altermondialiste. ...
bellaciao.org/fr/mot.php3?id_mot=109 - 103k - En cache - Pages similaires

RSF : Guide pratique du blogger et du cyberdissident - PC INpact
RSF qui se fait financer par 2 organisations écrans de la CIA spécialisées dans
les coups ... Pour le débat RSF-CIA, je trouve que les 2 camps ont raisons. ...

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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:09 PM
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2. About Reporters Without Borders
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reprehensor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 01:13 PM
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3. You beat me to it. n/t
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