that was scott griffin deputy director of the international press institute in vienna he spoke with the earlier tonight went to a german politician who has set his sights on the european union's highest office today the european parliament's conservative bloc elected vapor as their lead care that if he wants to run for the job of european commission president he's now the front runner to take over from john quote younger in many ways he is a surprise choice not only does he have little government experience he's also a staunch conservative. a german heading up the european commission that prospect came a step closer to reality this afternoon manfred vega will be the lead candidate for the european conservatives in next year's euro elections the berrien conservative veteran won a decisive victory over his finnish rival alexander stubb. in the middle of the when you're elected with nearly eighty percent of the vote it puts you in a strong position to take on the responsibility to want to make people in office that we have a clear idea of where we want to lead europe watching us this favor

let's bring in scott griffin the deputy director of the international press institute or i.p.i. in vienna scott thank you for joining us on our program where are the most dangerous hotspots for writers in the world. well if you three examples of places that we're looking at it and this is an opportunity to raise awareness about anyone who is behind bars for exercising his or his or her free expression but one place but particularly concerned about is turkey where according to our bureau one hundred sixty journalists are currently behind bars most of them on farcical charges of supporting terrorism based on their political therefore you forgot to mention we've monitored personally about fifty five trials a lot of journalists this year most of them lack basic guarantees of the rule of law student journalists are prevented from even attending their own trials and testifying in their own defense. another country that we're very concerned about is egypt and we don't. no the exact number of journalists imprisoned there you know for example of the photojournalist shot who received you k

scott griffin is deputy director of the international press institute indiana and he joins us now to talk more about this controversial incident that took place yesterday a very good evening sir another round between president trump and the press sadly is not something new it's a never ending story what makes this particular incident stand out. well as you said this has been going on president aggression aggressive rhetoric towards the press is nothing new however with sufficient to expel essentially a journalist from the white house by asking aggressive questions essentially is it is quite an escalation and i want to point out something that you know one of the most disturbing aspects of this incident is not the expulsion itself but there will be in which the white house has tried to distort the incident by among other things with leasing a video that was apparently a doctor by the conspiracy side in four wars and use that basically to attack a jim acosta's credibility but it's using i'm of grabbing inappropriate leave this earth young female intern who is trying to take the microph

brent: earlier, we spoke to scott griffin, deputy director of the international press institute in viennaand we asked him what makes this incident stand out in president trump's ongoing batt w with the press. >> on n presidentt trump's agesession, agaggressive rhetotc to the press is noththing nenew. however, the d decision to expxl essentialllly journrnalist from the white house for asking aggressisive questions essentiay is quitete an escalation. i want to point out something that one of the e most disturbig aspectct of this incncident is t beautiful to itself bubut the wy in whihich the whitete house has tried to distotort the incidenty releasing a videoeo that was appaparently doctored by the conspira sitee info wars and ususe that to attack jimm acos's crededibility by accccusing himf grababbing inanappropriately t s younung female interern who was tried to take aa microphone. this is really actually one of the most disturbing aspect of the incident, i would say. brent: that was stuck in, deputy director of the international press institute in vienna seeking with us earlier. all righ

scott griffin deputy director of the international press institute in vienna we appreciate you joining us and sharing your insights with us. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. canada's prime minister justin trudeau has apologized in parliament for his country's nineteen thirty nine refusal to accept a ship carrying over nine hundred german jews fleeing nazi persecution trudeau said the apology was long overdue the ship the m.s. st louis was forced to return to europe where hundreds of those on board later died in nazi concentration camps. the indian capital new delhi was covered in a thick blanket of smog a day after the valley celebrations local reports say the air quality deteriorated to quote very poor after many people ignored a fire cracker curve set by the country's supreme court. and of course here in germany has ordered the cities of cologne and bonn to ban older diesel vehicles in certain areas where the latest urban areas to be ordered to cut emissions after an environmental group sued local authorities for breaching e.u. rules e.u. clean air rules

asked me but no you rudely interrupted him you rudely interrupted him we're earlier we spoke to scott griffin deputy director of the international press institute in vienna and we asked him what makes this incident stand out in president trump's ongoing battle with the press as the aggression aggressive rhetoric towards the press is nothing new how it was to expel essentially a journalist from the white house for asking aggressive questions essentially is it is quite an escalation and i want to point out something that you know one of the most disturbing aspects of this incident is not the expulsion itself but the way in which the white house has tried to distort the incident by among other things with leasing a video that was apparently doctored by the conspiracy side in full force and use that basically to attack jim acosta's credibility but it's using him of gravity inappropriate he was a young female intern who was trying to take the microphone so this is really actually one of the most disturbing aspects of the incident i would say. that was going griffin the deputy director of the inter

us could be but no you rudely interrupted him you rudely interrupted him let's get more now on scott griffin as deputy director of the international press institute in vienna welcome to the program as we just saw there i mean this route between president trump and the press it seems to be a never ending story but but what is so distinct about this particular incident. well as was mentioned in the report it is an escalation it's an escalation of what we've been seeing go over the past two years on the trail of the ministration and it shows again at the trumpet ministration the president himself as i'm able to to handle aggressive questioning led the kind that was coming from jim acosta but i think that the move to a reporter from the white house was something very dramatic it is discrimination against a media outlet for asking aggressive questions but i think that it goes even beyond that i mean if you look at the fact that the white house has been accused of spreading a doctor version of the video from the press conference from the conspiracy site for boys to support it's incorrect version o

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