{"id":652280,"date":"2021-08-16T19:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T23:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=652280"},"modified":"2021-08-16T19:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T23:22:23","slug":"nyt-wsj-wapo-publishers-urge-biden-to-protect-afghan-colleagues-in-kabul-stand-behind-the-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-wsj-wapo-publishers-urge-biden-to-protect-afghan-colleagues-in-kabul-stand-behind-the-free-press\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT, WSJ, WaPo Publishers Urge Biden To Protect Afghan Colleagues In Kabul: \u2018Stand Behind The Free Press\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-wsj-wapo-publishers-urge-biden-to-protect-afghan-colleagues-in-kabul-stand-behind-the-free-press%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=652280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/59D01A3B-BCCF-4429-95A3-B1D3F105FA2E_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The publishers of the The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday urging safety for their colleagues and journalists operating in Afghanistan.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/pr\/2021\/08\/16\/statement-president-biden-washington-post-new-york-times-wall-street-journal\/\"><span class=\"s1\">letter<\/span><\/a> reads:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Dear President Biden:<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For the past twenty years, brave Afghan colleagues have worked tirelessly to help The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal share news and information from the region with the global public. Now, those colleagues and their families are trapped in Kabul, their lives in peril.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>As employers, we are looking for support for our colleagues and as journalists we\u2019re looking for an unequivocal signal that the government will stand behind the free press. In that light, we ask the American government to move urgently and take three concrete steps necessary to protect their safety.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span><span class=\"s1\"><i>What We Seek<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><i>Facilitated and protected access to the US-controlled airport<\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><i>Safe passage through a protected access gate to the airport<\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><i>Facilitated air movement out of the country<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sincerely,<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., Publisher and CEO, The Washington Post<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Almar Latour, CEO, Dow Jones &amp; and Co. and Publisher, The Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>A.G. Sulzberger, Chairman and Publisher, The New York Times<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p4\">As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-biden-hammered-for-hiding-at-camp-david-while-afghanistan-collapses\"><span class=\"s2\">reported<\/span><\/a>, Biden has been heavily criticized for not being adequately engaged with the situation in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cBiden ordered a complete pullout of the U.S. from Afghanistan in April. In the past week, the Taliban has conquered multiple major cities across the country and entered the nation\u2019s capital of Kabul. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/thats-it-its-over-afghan-president-and-core-team-flown-out-of-afghanistan\"><span class=\"s2\">fled<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;on Sunday morning, all but sealing the Taliban\u2019s takeover of Afghanistan,\u201d The Daily Wire reported.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cWhile the Taliban have blitzed across Afghanistan in the wake of U.S. military forces pulling out, Biden has been absent from Washington. The president left the capital on Thursday for Camp David, the presidential retreat, and has been there since. Biden, notably, did not take questions from reporters about Afghanistan before he left,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cWhy is Joe Biden in hiding? He should immediately address the nation and answer for the catastrophic situation in Afghanistan. Conference calls between cabinet secretaries and senators don\u2019t cut it in a crisis,\u201d Sen Tom Cotton (R-AR)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1426922151148404736\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cAmerica\u2019s in crisis. Afghanistan\u2019s in chaos. Why\u2019s Joe Biden on vacation?\u201d Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1426963534991216651\"><span class=\"s1\">posted<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) added: \u201cOn the conference call briefing for members of Congress with Biden officials. It\u2019s clear the Biden administration was caught unprepared, didn\u2019t anticipate this catastrophe and the President is hiding &amp; asleep at the wheel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-biden-bolts-from-press-conference-on-afghanistan-refuses-to-take-questions-from-media\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, Biden quickly departed a press conference he gave at the White House on Monday afternoon regarding the worsening situation in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDuring his remarks, Biden sought to cast blame on others for the situation that unfolded on his watch and then, after finishing his short speech, he turned his back and bolted from the room as reporters shouted questions,\u201d The Daily Wire reported.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The publishers of the The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday urging safety for their colleagues &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}