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Spinwatch refused a G8 press pass by the Police |
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Spinwatch Co-editor David Miller has been refused a press pass to cover the G8 summit at Gleneagles. According to Sean McCulloch of the vetting unit at Tayside police this has not been an isolated occurrence. Several journalists have been refused passes. Indeed it transpires that several letters announcing arrangments for picking up press passes have been sent to journalists, according to Sean McCulloch. They have subsequently had their passes rescinded on the orders of the police/intelligence agencies. The denial of press passes to journalists is an attempt to ensure that coverage of the G8 summit is managed to give a favourable glow to the G8 summit process. There is a clear strategy by the UK government to avaoid any circumstances in which debate on their record can take place. Spinwatch has asked the National Union of Journalists to intervene on our behalf More on this process later...
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