Comments on: Rashomon and Hillary Clinton in Nairobi: Account of Crime Differs http://thekaufmannpost.net/rashomon-and-hillary-clinton-in-nairobi-account-of-crime-differs/ Transparency, corruption and governance matters, evidence-based Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:55:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Hillary Clinton blames the Kenyans « Democracy and Society http://thekaufmannpost.net/rashomon-and-hillary-clinton-in-nairobi-account-of-crime-differs/comment-page-1/#comment-1467 Hillary Clinton blames the Kenyans « Democracy and Society Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:04:52 +0000 http://thekaufmannpost.net/?p=1352#comment-1467 democracyandsociety [...] Daniel Kaufmann sums up the situation nicely from my perspective: it is no secret that the US embassy in Nairobi, alongside some key international donor agencies, committed major mis-steps around the time of the ill-fated elections in late 2007.   In spite of their glaring biases and policy mishaps, the US, UK and the World Bank have largely been ’silent witnesses’ regarding what transpired on their own roles and actions at the time.  [...] democracyandsociety [...] Daniel Kaufmann sums up the situation nicely from my perspective: it is no secret that the US embassy in Nairobi, alongside some key international donor agencies, committed major mis-steps around the time of the ill-fated elections in late 2007.   In spite of their glaring biases and policy mishaps, the US, UK and the World Bank have largely been ’silent witnesses’ regarding what transpired on their own roles and actions at the time.  [...]

]]> By: Martin http://thekaufmannpost.net/rashomon-and-hillary-clinton-in-nairobi-account-of-crime-differs/comment-page-1/#comment-1461 Martin Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:02:53 +0000 http://thekaufmannpost.net/?p=1352#comment-1461 Dani, Thanks for this entry. It demonstrates how the media spins events. Today, Secretary Clinton is meeting with the President of Somalia and I look forward to reading the world news accounts of that meeting and various paradigm shifts of the media. Somalia, and all its governance ills, past and present should make stage for a very interesting meeting; especially given Clinton's meeting with him is subsequent to former U.S. Rep William Jefferson's corruption conviction yesterday. Dani,

Thanks for this entry. It demonstrates how the media spins events. Today, Secretary Clinton is meeting with the President of Somalia and I look forward to reading the world news accounts of that meeting and various paradigm shifts of the media. Somalia, and all its governance ills, past and present should make stage for a very interesting meeting; especially given Clinton’s meeting with him is subsequent to former U.S. Rep William Jefferson’s corruption conviction yesterday.

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