SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 21 – When the Committee to Protect Journalists held a black-tie fundraising three blocks from the United Nations on November 21, inevitably in attendance was Inner City Press which was roughe dup and has been banned from the UN for 506 days and counting for reporting on UN corruption.
Still, there were moving speakers, from Julie Brown having exposed Jeffrey Epstein - even as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres covers up dozens of child rapes by UN peacekeepers and refuses Press questions on them - and journalists from Nicaragua. Twitter thread here.
But what, some asked, about the crackdown on journalism and evidence-shares in next door Nicaragua? As intent as CPJ leadership seemed on sticking their finger in the eye of the current DC administration, making ex-Fox Shepard Smith their M.C., to focus on Daniel Ortega and not Juan Orlando Hernandez, the narco president of Honduras, seemed retro.
So too the CPJ board chair saying that it would be impossible or even unfair to boycott Saudi Arabia for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Who decides, when money is on the line? Well, during the tuxedo-ed crowd's dinner there were ads including for the corporate law firm Debevoise & Plimpton.
Who does CPJ think they serve?
Inner City Press, now covering the U.S. District Court for the Southern District daily while in exile from the UN with no help at all from CPJ, will continue on this - and on any and all SDNY cases. Watch this site.
