{"id":65937,"date":"2012-12-22T20:56:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T20:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=65937"},"modified":"2012-12-29T19:41:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T19:41:38","slug":"no-more-dr-vickramabahus-columns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/no-more-dr-vickramabahus-columns\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Dr. Vickramabahu’s Columns"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne<\/p><\/div>\n

Colombo Telegraph regrets to announce that Dr.<\/strong>\u00a0Vickramabahu Karunaratne<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>submissions will not be published for reasons of intellectual dishonesty and political irresponsibility. This decision came into effect on Wednesday December 19, 2012.\u00a0\u00a0The decision was taken in the context of correspondence detailed below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On December 18 Colombo Telegraph sent an email to Karunaratne asking whether he phoned\u00a0the Opposition Leader\u00a0Ranil Wickremasinghe<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to request that he covers up misconduct on the part of a member of his party.\u00a0\u00a0The substance of that email is as follows:<\/p>\n

1. We have credible evidence that you talked to Ranil Wickemasinghe and urged him to not write to Lord\u00a0chris patten<\/a><\/span> regarding BBC journalists applying\u00a0for interest free loans as per a scheme set up by the Government of Sri Lanka.\u00a0Why did you do this?<\/p>\n

2. What is your\u00a0opinion\u00a0on your party member, BBC journalist Chandana Keerthi Bandara<\/a><\/span>, applying for this\u00a0interest\u00a0free loan from state banks where the\u00a0treasury paid the\u00a0interest to the\u00a0relevant\u00a0bank using tax payer money?<\/p>\n

3. Don\u2019t you think that this is unethical and amounts to a bribe being given to journalists by the Rajapaksa\u00a0regime?<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t reply and when we sent a mild reminder he sent a one word response on December 19: \u201cthanks\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0We then asked him again to answer our questions. He has not. When he came on gmail chat and we again asked him to answer our questions.\u00a0\u00a0He has not.\u00a0For the record, Dr Vickramabahu Karunaratne\u00a0regularly chats with Colombo Telegraph and its journalists.<\/p>\n

Dr Karunaratne is a strident commentator on issues relating to corruption, accountability, good governance, media freedom, responsible media etc.\u00a0\u00a0His silence is disturbing and immoral, we are forced to conclude.<\/p>\n

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Exclusive: Investigate Your Journalists! \u2013 Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe To BBC\u2019s Lord Chris Patten<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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