Geldof advocates ‘complete freedom’ of press at TCH annual dinner

HUMANITARIAN and rock star Bob Geldof was the guest speaker at Thomas Crosbie Holdings’ annual dinner last night and said that despite being a victim of the paparazzi culture he still believed in absolute free press.

Geldof advocates ‘complete freedom’ of press at TCH annual dinner
Fri, 29 Sep, 2006 - 01:00
Conor Keane

However, he feels that the cynical approach media organisations now take as a matter of course had little merit.

He said: “I absolutely believe in the complete freedom, it sticks in my craw to say it but I do believe in that. (But) the pervasive corrosive cynicism is not for the greater good, it just isn’t.

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