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OPINION - EDITORIAL_ The UN celebrates press freedom with censorship

NEW YORK POST

OPINION - EDITORIAL

The UN celebrates press freedom with censorship

By Post Editorial Board

May 6, 2018 | 7:45pm



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Leave it to the United Nations to observe World Press Freedom Day with an act of . . . censorship.

Every May 3 since 1993, the world body has hosted events to support an unfettered Fourth Estate. But this year the UN Alliance of Civilizations “postponed” a panel discussion because one participant, the News Literacy Project, refused to alter a video presentation that singled out specific countries’ abuses — flagging “severe restrictions” on press freedom in Turkey, Egypt and Mexico.

At first, an Alliance official asked News Literacy to delete the references to Turkey.

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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2018/05/06/the-un-celebrates-press-freedom-with-censorship/

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The latest list by the Committee to Protect Journalists counts 262 members of the news media imprisoned around the world — the highest number it has ever recorded. But the United Nations keeps setting new records when it comes to hypocrisy.

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