{"id":1256,"date":"2009-02-13T14:29:35","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T12:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.veni.com\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2009-02-13T14:29:35","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T12:29:35","slug":"iht-publishes-another-article-on-bulgaria-and-no-surprise-based-on-non-reliable-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.veni.com\/?p=1256","title":{"rendered":"IHT publishes another article on Bulgaria, and no surprise based on non-reliable sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Herald Tribune publishes another article for <\/del>against Bulgaria. Headlined<\/a> “Bulgarian businessman claims officials demanded kickbacks”, it shows the worst of journalism.<\/p>\n

I’ve blogged before<\/a> about the biased way IHT described Bulgaria back in October – November 2008, but it seems the newspaper will not stop with articles about my country, which are based on sources, who do not deserve trust.<\/p>\n

However, the average reader of the IHT has no way to find out the truth, and they will consider Bulgaria the way it is described in the article.<\/p>\n

The article claims that a Bulgarian, Tihomir Kamenov “sought a European review because he had reached “legal exhaustion” in Bulgaria”, but it does not tell us what is this “legal exhaustion”. This alone would have been enough for a newspaper, to have doubts in the claims by Mr. Kamenov, but the IHT is well known<\/a> for not having any doubts when writing about Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

Here is how one could usually work, if he or she is approached by some official with request to pay money under the table: the person goes to the police, gets some marked banknotes, and delivers them. Then the official is arrested, and faces criminal case in court.<\/p>\n

The IHT does not ask Mr. Kamenov why he didn’t do that. They accept him as a reliable source. I wouldn’t. But then, after all, may be that’s why I don’t work for the IHT.<\/p>\n

Update (14:45): <\/strong><\/p>\n

Deputy-minister of health Emil Raynov has published<\/a> a statement, where he says, among other words, describing in details why Mr. Kamenov blames him,<\/p>\n

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    Translation: Ms. Doreen Carvajal – IHT correspondent for Europe got in touch with me. I understood that the smear campaign has reached the newspaper. I understood also, that they are ready to publish all this first, and then give me the opportunity to express my opinion on this issue”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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