Swiss Journalists Miffed by Al Gore Secrecy

Al Gore raised the ire of journalists in Switzerland by barring most of them from attending a ceremony conferring an honorary degree on Gore for his efforts in publicizing the climate change issue. The few journalists who were allowed to be present when Gore received the degree from the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne were forbidden to reveal what was said, to film the event or take photographs. The blackout “went down like a lead balloon with local news organizations,” the Swiss ne

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