The U.S. Ambassador to Australia responded Tuesday to images of two Australian journalists being hit by the police Monday as they cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s photo-op in front of St. John’s Church.
Maybe when countries start to pull their embassies out of the US, for fear of the staff, Susan Collins might just go from ‘deeply concerned’ to a full on ‘harrumph’.
“Freedom of the press is a right Australians and Americans hold dear,” Ambassador Arthur Culvahouse Jr. said in a statement. “We take mistreatment of journalists seriously, as do all who take diplomacy seriously.”
“We remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting journalists and guaranteeing equal justice under law for all,” he added after quoting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the importance of a free press.
It’s disconcerting the way these guys lie so effortlessly.
So warmed over bullshit. I can tell how deeply the American Ambassador cares about this.
We take mistreatment of journalists seriously
He added, “That’s why we call them derogatory names, call them “Fake!” at every opportunity, and ban any and all of the ones that ask the honest questions.”
Hey you Aussies! Here’s what we cops think of Freedom of the Press!
That was one of my first thoughts, embassies should be closed and staff recalled. At least the US Ambassador should be ordered to leave and the US embassy ordered closed. Give them 24 hours.
This is from the quite conservative leader of Australia. I can only imagine what Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand would be saying.
And note that, albeit for other reasons, both Putin and Xi are critical here.
lawless president, has police attack people so he can stage a campaign photo op.
I didn’t realize Susan Collins was the Aussie PM…
reportedly ordered the embassy to look into the episode, and to express Australia’s strong concerns to local authorities.
“Freedom of the press is a right Australians and Americans hold dear,” Ambassador Arthur Culvahouse Jr. said in a statement. “We take mistreatment of journalists seriously, as do all who take diplomacy seriously.”
“We remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting journalists and guaranteeing equal justice under law for all,” he added after quoting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the importance of a free press.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/minnesota-guv-apologizes-after-cnn-crew-at-protests-get-arrested
I’d probably find examples of Scott Morrison doing Trump like things, but the previous post was about Pompeo and his boss.
Unless the Aussies are going to make a contribution to Trump2020, they can pound sand
This is more-or-less what black leadership should be doing. Highlighting the humanitarian crisis in the USA on an international stage. They should be petitioning every international body to legally classify the endemic racism of the USA for what it is, human rights violation at the highest levels of government. They were attempting this in the 60’s before they were all assassinated…I know it’s not an easy decision, but this is no longer an American problem. This is a human rights problem and it’s becoming an international crisis, as Australia is showing us right now.
There was this guy who, in 1939, stated he took
the Polish border seriously.
I am embarrassed to say that I did not know this. Thank you for this comment, will look into.
President Biden will have quite a job to do to regain respect for the US around the world.
Breaking: collapse of American democracy threatens every other country in the world while their leaders fail to truly stand up.
Things change and borders strangely morph.
In diplomatic-speak, “strong concerns” means “we are royally pissed and you’d better issue a public apology right away.”