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Bermuda: Government & the Media

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 @ 13:21 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Bermuda
Topics:: Ideas, Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Governance, Media, Politics
Languages:: English

The Premier of Bermuda has announced that he will reduce the government's contact with certain media organizations in an effort “to reduce the rancour and lower the toxicity that have become the norm” - Vexed Bermoothes responds: “This, to put it bluntly, is sign of power and control run amok” and posts an update in which he compares the Premier's attitude towards the press with that of President Obama's.

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