Συνέντευξη με αμερικάνο δημοσιογράφο κανόνισε η αμερικάνικη πρεσβεία, στο LIFO, το περιοδικό της αριστερής διανόησης με το αζημίωτο φαντάζομαι, όπως αποκαλύπτει έγγραφο του Σπέκχαρντ που δημοσίευσε η wikileaks. Η συνέντευξη δόθηκε με την ευκαιρία συνεδρίου που διοργάνωσε η πρεσβεία όπου συμμετείχαν "δημοσιογράφοι" από τα 15 μεγαλύτερα εναλλακτικά και free press έντυπα της χώρας... μάλιστα στους "ανεξάρτητους, εναλλακτικούς δημοσιογράφους" άρεσε το 3ήμερο δωρεάν φαγοπότι και ρώταγαν και τι άλλες "εκδηλώσεις" θα κάνει η πρεσβεία!!. Διαβάστε τι λέει ο Σπέκχαρντ:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ATHENS 001116
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
STATE FOR R CRIEHL; EUR CGRAFFEY, MBRYZA; EUR/PPD
MOKEEFE, GCOUCH, BARMSTRONG; EUR/SE KFITZGERALD,
BHUNT, GCOWAN, SALTMAN-WINANS; IIP/SEG RHOBYN
COSTEN; FSI FOR BLEVIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SOCI KPAO OIIP GR
SUBJECT: THE FREE PRESS PHENOMENON: THE VILLAGE
VOICE AND AM NEW YORK SPEAK IN GREECE
ATHENS 00001116 001.2 OF 002
1. (SBU) On July 25-26, Mosaiko.gr, Embassy
Athens' youth-oriented website, sponsored a
conference entitled "The Free Press Phenomenon" for
publishers, editors, and journalists of the Greek
free and alternati6e press at a beach-side hotel,
featur)ng speaker3 frgm the Village Voice and AM New
York...
We then invited 30 publishers,
editors, and reporters representing the 15 top Greek
weekly alternative and daily free press outlets to a
beach-front hotel about an hour from Athens for the
two-day event. The budget for the conference was
about $25,000, of which $15,000 came from EUR/PPD's
"unfunded priorities" allocation, and $10,000 from
post's general operating expense account.
Prior to the conference, we set up an
interview with Don Forst in a top alternative Greek
weekly, LiFO. The article was positive and included
great pictures: http://www.lifo.gr/content/x8/783.
We also hosted a pre-conference press roundtable
that was well-attended by mainstream Greek media
outlets, including several traditional daily
newspapers and independent SKAI TV, which broadcast
a feature about the event on its weekend ecology-
themed, youth-oriented news program...
But all of the invitees expressed interest in learning
about other programs offered by the Embassy and in
working together on news and feature stories going
forward.