Posted on 08/16/2021 8:30:13 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
The publishers of the The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday urging safety for their colleagues and journalists operating in Afghanistan.
The letter reads:
Dear President Biden:
For the past twenty years, brave Afghan colleagues have worked tirelessly to help The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal share news and information from the region with the global public. Now, those colleagues and their families are trapped in Kabul, their lives in peril.
As employers, we are looking for support for our colleagues and as journalists we’re looking for an unequivocal signal that the government will stand behind the free press. In that light, we ask the American government to move urgently and take three concrete steps necessary to protect their safety...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailywire.com ...
Well, maybe. I must admit I am a bit confused.
Considering that the press is on the enemy's (CCP) side, I wonder, what does that make the press to the Taliban? After all, they are now best friends with the CCP.
Yes everyone, they really are this dumb.
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I couldn’t stop laughing
They should be treated like everyone else.
By sundown this Friday there won’t be a single Afghan journalist left alive.
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They’re dead, Jim…
Now that is a silly headline! Back in the 50’s maybe but today, I don’t think so.
I guess that would make it “Friendly Fire”.
regrets about propping up a houseplant?
Very sad but probably true.
And many will be televised
Protect ?
Don’t hold your breath.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1427461306429448195
Warning
Extremely.graphic
I sure wish msnbc anchors were there...
Why? CNN lady newshole said that they seemed friendly.
Leave, and you're on your own until you return to American soil.
-PJ
Maybe they’ll be “friendly”, and let her wear a blindfold when her time comes.
But.....but.......Trump was mean to journalists.
“I couldn’t stop laughing“
Me neither. You reap what you sow….. Reap it main stream media, reap it!
Yea. They actually think the Taliscum are just well meaning liberals who’ll bother listening to keening and wailing from the Smith College journalism department.
They will. And then proceed to behead everyone in sight.
Their last words will be, “But...but I’m on your side!”
Of what country? Surely not this one.
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