I've no idea. She told me this. As a guest in the USA she had no intention of discussing the Vietnam war, but she objected to being told she should not. I am glad to hear hers was the only campus where this happened.
Roger, the government does not regulate the press. The press simply ignored the Leveson judgment. The government would like to regulate the press but it does not. The press, and this includes the Murdoch press, writes what it likes, which is often false and defamatory, but that's the way the press is. In the rest of Europe the press is a pussy cat, but not here, I assure you. MPs have gone to prison for improper behaviour, mostly stealing. Cabinet ministers have had to resign and one of them has gone to jail. Because of the press, in this case the Daily Telegraph. Plenty of defamatory stories are printed without proof. The magazine Private Eye exists entirely for this purpose.
This is very possibly true in the United States also. How many Congressman and Senators are in jail? Lots I hope. And I hope you do not believe a word they say. We don't believe any of our politicians since the appaliing Blair.
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