I saw that interview a while back and, as with most things Hedges, well worth watching. I can tell Oborne what Timothy "garbage and trash" thinks about it without having to ask him; he'll be all for it.

I presumed that was Oborne's point in mentioning him (that "garbage and trash" is a fully fledged neo-con cheerleader and lover of censorship even after having this education and writing a book on "freedom" of speech) although perhaps there may be something else there. It looked like a typically English subtle dig or at least I hope so. TGA is horrendous.

From the blurb on his (TGA's) "Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World":

Drawing on a lifetime of writing about dictatorships and dissidents, Timothy Garton Ash argues that in this connected world that he calls cosmopolis, the way to combine freedom and diversity is to have more but also better free speech.

"better free speech". What a giveaway :D