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June 06, 2005
Any PR is Good PR?
William Schulz, Amnesty International's U.S. chief, said the following on Fox News Sunday:
"Chris, I don't think I'd be on this station, on this program today with you if Amnesty hadn't said what it said and President Bush and his colleagues haven't responded as they did. If I had come to you two weeks ago and said, 'Chris, I'd like to go on FOX with you just to talk about U.S. detention policies at Guantanamo and elsewhere,' I suspect you wouldn't have given me an invitation."So lowering U.S. status in the world and making absurd charges was a publicity stunt?
Actually, I doubt the 'gulag' charge was a craven attempt for attention. I think Amnesty International's leadership really believes what the organization has been communicating, which is unfortunate. AI spent decades building a reputation as a fair and tough critic of human rights abuses around the world. I hope the attention they received as a result of this report is worth the loss in status.
Posted by slublog at June 6, 2005 12:22 AM
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