Tag: GovernmentAccountability
When governments decide which journalists may speak
Something is reassuring about US President Trump’s latest debacle on the White House lawn. It wasn't just that he was inaudible while cutting the ribbon for a new helipad. No impressive long-lens shots made him look magnificent. No press showed up to film the event. They all refused. After Trump banned journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from covering the event, other members of the White House ‘press pool’ refused to cover it as well
Solidarity, equality and sustainability – G20, another costly spectacle without substance?
The need for us to work together with other nations in crucial, but how can we focus on building international relations when our own country is falling apart? Shouldn’t leaders fix their problems first, before showing off a ‘world class city’, that doesn’t exist.
