“Neither a free press nor democracy can survive without the other,” said the President, International of The New York Times Company Stephen Dunbar-Johnson. “A free press is not a given. Dunbar-Johnson said it was clear that The New York Times needed their Asia bureau to be located in a country with a dynamic democracy. “Hong Kong’s democracy and free press staggering should be a reminder that a free press is not a given,” Dunbar-Johnson said. When The Statesman raised the question, “You mentioned that in the U.S., our past president ignited this ripple of dismantling a free press.

Source: International New York Times June 01, 2024 15:14 UTC