World Bank chief to debate journalism at international press congress in Scotland
WORLD Bank president Paul Wolfowitz and newspaper
legend Harold Evans will debate the future of journalism at the International
Press Institute (IPI) congress, when Scotland hosts the event for the first time
in Edinburgh in May.
WORLD Bank president Paul Wolfowitz and newspaper legend Harold Evans will debate the future of journalism at the International Press Institute (IPI) congress, when Scotland hosts the event for the first time in Edinburgh in May
The IPI expects 600 leading journalists and publishers to attend, and event co-ordinator Michael Kudlak has promised “at least one Hollywood star” will participate in a debate on privacy and celebrity.
Wolfowitz, who as US deputy secretary for defence was one of the architects of the Iraq war, has been asked to discuss Africa and how best journalists can highlight the plight of the world’s poor.
Evans, who edited The Sunday Times and The Times and has written textbooks on journalism, will lead the session on the erosions of civil liberties and press freedoms resulting from policies related to the war on terrorism.
Wolfowitz, of course, is the best living example of how a liberal schmuck can morph into a neo-con schmuck at the drop of greed and oil into the equation.
Posted: Sun - December 11, 2005 at 02:39 PM