Glad to see some Dems GET that real freedom calls for real investigative journalism.

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Interesting that this is in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. No doubt the lack of freedom of the press is a worldwide problem.

I note the hearing has been postponed. When it's rescheduled I hope CSpan covers it. I doubt the corporate newsmedia in this country will give it ANY comprehensive coverage.


THREATS TO FREE
AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA
AROUND THE WORLD

ROUNDTABLE

before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 10:45 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Kerry

POSTPONED

Participants:

+The Honorable Marguerite Sullivan
Senior Director
The Center for Independent Media Assistance,
National Endowment for Democracy
Washington, DC

+Jennifer Windsor
President
Freedom House
New York, NY

+Joel Simon
Executive Director
Center for the Protection of Journalists
New York, NY

+Sheila Coronel
Director
Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism
Professor of Professional Practice
Columbia University
New York, NY

[DJ13]

1. "POSTPONED"

Well, it WAS a good idea.

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2. Not cancelled - will be rescheduled. Important point is that it WILL HAPPEN and the problem

many of us have been crowing about for over a decade IS on the radar.