Archive | May 2012
AP: Police beat reporters during VN land eviction vs TuoiTre: Men in uniform beat reporters covering land protest
Due to bugs in Twitter I’m posting this as a blog instead of a Tweet. This is how the Associated Press reports the same story versus local Vietnamese media.
AP: Police beat reporters during VN land eviction
TuoiTre: Men in uniform beat reporters covering land protest
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