The Committee to Protect JournalistsArchived Message
Posted by Raskolnikov on July 12, 2019, 4:28 pm, in reply to "Short piece in OffG"
whichh is as incredibly establishment-friendly cosy club of the usual suspects (see second link) put out an open letter trying to make it look like it stands for press freedom, at the same time sticking the knife into RT and Sputnik:
While we are well aware that both RT and Sputnik have broadcast disinformation, some of which has undermined democratic elections and put journalists at risk, we do not believe excluding them from covering the conference is an appropriate response. To the contrary, for the British government to deny access to RT and Sputnik, or any other news outlet, based on its determination that they constitute propaganda actually empowers autocratic governments around the world who use a similar rationale to justify repression of critical journalism.
Not surprising when you look who is behind the scenes: