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NYT, WSJ, WaPo Publishers Urge Biden To Protect Afghan Colleagues In Kabul: ‘Stand Behind The Free Press’
DailyWire.com ^ | August 16, 2021 | Clarence Pend Bond

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 ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; kabul; media
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There are a lot more members of the press stuck behind enemy lines than just from these publications.

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.

1 posted on 08/16/2021 8:30:13 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

Yes everyone, they really are this dumb.

L


2 posted on 08/16/2021 8:31:41 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lurker

I couldn’t stop laughing


3 posted on 08/16/2021 8:32:43 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: CheshireTheCat

They should be treated like everyone else.


4 posted on 08/16/2021 8:33:09 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Regulator

By sundown this Friday there won’t be a single Afghan journalist left alive.

L


5 posted on 08/16/2021 8:33:41 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: CheshireTheCat

They’re dead, Jim…


6 posted on 08/16/2021 8:33:52 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Now that is a silly headline! Back in the 50’s maybe but today, I don’t think so.


7 posted on 08/16/2021 8:34:16 PM PDT by TrumpisRight (It is --> President Trump <--)
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To: CheshireTheCat

I guess that would make it “Friendly Fire”.


8 posted on 08/16/2021 8:34:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CheshireTheCat

regrets about propping up a houseplant?


9 posted on 08/16/2021 8:35:03 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Lurker

Very sad but probably true.

And many will be televised


10 posted on 08/16/2021 8:35:18 PM PDT by Jayster (Legalize Marijuana )
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To: CheshireTheCat

Protect ?
Don’t hold your breath.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1427461306429448195

Warning
Extremely.graphic


11 posted on 08/16/2021 8:38:00 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: CheshireTheCat

I sure wish msnbc anchors were there...


12 posted on 08/16/2021 8:38:19 PM PDT by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Why? CNN lady newshole said that they seemed friendly.


13 posted on 08/16/2021 8:38:39 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: CheshireTheCat
The first amendment ends at the border.

Leave, and you're on your own until you return to American soil.

-PJ

14 posted on 08/16/2021 8:39:30 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Maybe they’ll be “friendly”, and let her wear a blindfold when her time comes.


15 posted on 08/16/2021 8:39:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

But.....but.......Trump was mean to journalists.


16 posted on 08/16/2021 8:40:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Regulator

“I couldn’t stop laughing“

Me neither. You reap what you sow….. Reap it main stream media, reap it!


17 posted on 08/16/2021 8:40:56 PM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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To: walkingdead

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.


18 posted on 08/16/2021 8:44:11 PM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: walkingdead

Their last words will be, “But...but I’m on your side!”


19 posted on 08/16/2021 8:44:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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"Stand Behind The Free Press"

Of what country? Surely not this one.

20 posted on 08/16/2021 8:47:54 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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