| For UN Guterres Q&A At The New
School Inner City Press RSVPs and Nothing 8
Hours Censorship
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- CJR -
PFT
SDNY / UN GATE,
Feb 26 – Antonio
Guterres, the UN Secretary
General who rarely takes
questions and even had the
Press which asked him about
the mass killings in Cameroon
thrown out of the UN, is set
to take questions and an
honorary doctorate at The New
School outside of UN in New
York City on February
27.
The New School
announced the event, and said
"Press inquiries for this
event should be sent to
communications [at]
newschool.edu." Inner City
Press, which daily covers
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York and biweekly the
International Monetary Fund (IMF),
as well as the UN
as whistleblowers
send it evidence of mounting
corruption, sexual harrassment
and retaliation under
Guterres, wrote to the
address.
And waited. For
eight hours. After writing to
these specifics individuals,
the whole staff: Amy
Malsin, Senior
Director
x3990
Will Wilbur, Public Relations
Manager
x3990 Merrie Snead, Manager,
Communications and Community
Relations
x4684
Re: RSVP for Feb
27 event, please confirm,
thanks To:
malsina@newschool.edu,
wilburw@newschool.edu,
sneadm@newschool.edu
Hi - resending to the
Communications staff listed on
New School website (having
just covered Federal court
hearing about Sarah Lawrence
College, here
and here)
- still awaiting New School's
response: Hi - this is a RSVP
to attend and cover the Feb 27
event, here - please confirm,
thanks, -Matthew
Nothing. It
appears that the state media
that Guterres favors in the UN
- including Xinhua, an arm of
the Chinese Communist Party,
as well as dozens of retirees
in the UN "press corpse" - can
attend at will, as part of
Guterres' entourage.
But isn't
The New School part of the
United States, covered by the
First Amendment?
Would The
New School do this for a
Q&A appearance by, for
example, Saudi Crown Prince
MBS? Or do they just assume,
contrary to the facts, that
the UN would never single out
critical media and get them,
contrary to all academic
freedom principles, to partner
in Guterres' censorship? Watch
this site.
The notice:
Thursday, February 27, 2020,
6:30PM to 7:45PM (EST) An
Evening with António
Guterres, United
Nations
Secretary-General The
Auditorium, A106, Alvin
Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall The
New School will award an
honorary doctorate to United
Nations Secretary-General
António Guterres and host a
keynote lecture by the
Secretary-General on women and
power. This occasion marks the
Secretary-General’s first
major address on this
important global
topic.
This special event is only
open to New School students,
faculty and staff.
Registration with an
@newschool.edu email is
required.
Doors will open
at 6:00 p.m. Press
inquiries for this event
should be sent to
communications [at]
newschool.edu.
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