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	<title>Committee to Protect Bloggers &#187; IBM</title>
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	<description>Free speech for bloggers worldwide</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Nguyen Tien Trung: Job Offer Rescinded</title>
		<link>http://committeetoprotectbloggers.org/2007/09/20/nguyen-tien-trung-job-offer-rescinded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Nguyen Tien Trung]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a CPB source, Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Tien Trung was offered a job by IBM. IBM subsequently has rescinded this offer due to Trung&#8217;s free speech activism.
I  rarely put forward that I am an American, as it&#8217;s usually not germane. But I have to say: Is there no single American company that realizes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to a CPB source, Vietnamese blogger <a href="http://360.yahoo.com/blog-i3Ms.X8lfKiENe1VLHg8">Nguyen Tien Trung</a> was offered a job by <a href="http://www.ibm.com/vn/en/">IBM</a>. IBM subsequently has rescinded this offer due to Trung&#8217;s free speech activism.</p>
<p>I  rarely put forward that I am an American, as it&#8217;s usually not germane. But I have to say: Is there no <em>single American company</em> that realizes open discourse is the reason they exist and that every time they help to bury it they take one step closer to their own grave? I&#8217;m freaking <em>speechless </em>to add another American company to the <em>gold is better than God</em> group.</p>
<p>For more information on Vietnamese dissidents and Trung, read this <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/10/29/vietnams_new_dissidents_thrive_via_internet/">Boston Globe</a> article. </p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>: Here&#8217;s a radio story on this situation by <a href="http://www.theworld.org/wma.php?id=0924078">Matt Steinglass on PRI&#8217;s The World</a>.</p>
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