UN Communication Czar Hides from Questions on Censorship Partnership With Google

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications Melissa Fleming refused to answer questions from The New American magazine’s Alex Newman about the UN partnership with Google. The alliance, which Fleming boasted about at the World Economic Forum, aims to silence voices online that contradict the UN’s narrative on issues such as climate change. Ironically, Newman asked her a question right after she finished a panel discussion on the importance of “journalism.” Instead of answering, she hid behind her staffers before freely speaking with other media outlets. None of those outlets had questions about issues of importance to the American people who pay at least one third of the UN budget.