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Barbados, Cuba, U.S.A.: The Times Rejects Mc Cain

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
Posted 22 July 2008 18 years ago

Caribbean blogs are irate over The New York Times‘ rejection of John Mc Cain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's recent editorial on Iraq: Babalu Blog: “Who the hell gave them the power to think they speak on behalf of my best interests?” Barbados Free Press: “As much as we support Obama, we support free speech and the democratic process even more. Shame on The New York Times.”

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