Monday, February 02, 2009

Istanbul Calling: The Online Conversion of David Ignatius

"The Online Conversion of David Ignatius
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius has been taking a beating in Turkey (and elsewhere) for the way he moderated the now famous Davos session that ended with a fuming Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan storming off the stage. To Turks, Ignatius’s efforts to cut Erdogan off and his patting him on the shoulder to signal an end to his comments were the height of disrespect."

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