Monday, 28. March 2011

News, the way the Libyan authorities want it to be reported


The al-Nasr Hotel Tannoy is piped into every room so you can't escape. It's Moussa again – Moussa Ibrahim the ubiquitous, articulate but increasingly stressed Libyan government spokesman. He's got a PhD in Media Studies, he says, from "Royal Holloway University".

"All journalists to gather for bus trip to Bani Walid. You will meet members of the Warfallah tribe and some of the families of those killed in the bombing. The bus will be leaving in half an hour. You will be back in Tripoli early in the afternoon," he says.

guardian.co.uk

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