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CPJ condemns dubbing of WSJ's reporter as US spy |
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Updated at:
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PST, Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
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Sami Abraham
WASHINGTON: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has strongly condemned a news story published in a English newspaper of Pakistan which accused US newspaper Wall Street Journal's correspondent Mathew Rosenberg of being a spy of United States.
In a statement the CPJ called it reckless, baseless and unsubstantiated story which has gravely endangered the safety of Mathew Rosenberg .
Robert Thomson, Managing Editor of "Wall Street journal" has also written a letter to Shireen Mazari, editor of the said newspaper which published this story, demanding immediate retraction of the story.
The CPJ statement says it was deeply disturbing that a newspaper would publish a story like this that clearly puts the life of a fellow reporter in danger. But we are also concerned about the source for this scurrilous information, someone the reporter identified as “an official of law enforcement agency, who requested anonymity.”
Could this be a deliberate government attempt to intimidate Rosenberg and other foreign correspondents working in Pakistan? That’s a deeply chilling possibility that must be investigated, the statement added.
Mr. Robert Thomson, WSJ's Managing Editor has said, in his letter to Shireen Mazari ...'let me set the record straight: Mathew is an experienced foreign correspondent who has worked for many years covering the region , including Pakistan. In that capacity, he has pushed no other agenda than seeking the truth and has had no other aim than to bring the world 's attention news and analysis of what is happening in your very important country at a critical time.
Mr. Robert further says that our profession has been done a great disservice by utterly baseless article and I call upon you to print an immediate and prominent retraction to ensure that it is widely understood that the piece was without foundation. At present, your paper is guilty of spreading falsehood, but it could ultimately be complicit in a far greater tragedy unless this wrong is corrected .We obviously reserve the right to pursue legal action in this regard. |
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