NYTimes.com: Iraqi PM pledges plots of land to thousands of journalists
January 28th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
“At a recent meeting with the Iraqi journalists’ union, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki made a pledge that would have scandalised the Iraqis’ American counterparts: the government would give plots of land to thousands of journalists, for a nominal price or possibly even free,” the New York Times reports. Full story…
