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Newsweek Sanctions DubaiPrejudice
By encinoman
When the Dubai government refused to issue a visa to Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer, the Tennis Channel refused to cover the tournament and the Wall Street Journal Europe revoked its sponsorship.
Newsweek, the other media sponsor, did nothing. Later they issued this statement:
&;Newsweek shares the stated commitment of the Women&;s Tennis Association and the Association of Tennis Professionals to &;fair play&; in Dubai and to assuring that tournaments are open to all qualified players in the future. If Israeli player Andy Ram is not permitted to enter Dubai to play in the men&;s tournament, which begins Monday, Newsweek will withdraw from sponsoring the event.&;
So discriminating against Peer is apparently OK with Newsweek. But if Dubai does it one more time, they might do something.
Yet another missed chance for relevancy and courage for Newsweek. There won&;t be many more.
Tags: death-of-journalism, death-of-newsmagazines, Dubai-prejudice, Israeli-tennis-discrimination, Newsweek-prejudice
This entry was posted on February 20, 2009 at 8:44 pm and is filed under Journalism, public-relations-disaster.
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