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Global Interdependency 
“We must strengthen our efforts to build a media that is critical of inherited assumptions yet tolerant of alternative perspectives; a media that brings competing narratives into a shared story of interdependence; a media that responds to diversity through dialogue. . . . On World Press Freedom Day 2009, let us all commit to furthering press freedom and freedom of expression worldwide. . . . A free press is not a luxury that can wait until more peaceful times. It is, rather, part of the very process through which they may be achieved.”—Koïchiro Matsuura, UNESCO director-general,
Editorial Comment: Where can a planet get together and talk?
Photos: Vittorio de Filippis (top) at a 2008 Paris protest of his arrest, strip-search and detention in relation to a libel case. His account of the arrest provoked general outcry in the media and political world. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK KOVARIK
Palestinian journalists (at right) light candles after burying Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, 23, in 2008 in Gaza City. Shana was killed by an Israeli tank shell during a military incursion into Gaza. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS
More photos at World Press Freedom Day.
I would feel a whole lot better about this quote if it came from someone other than the head of an organization that is looking for language to stifle free speech.
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