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...your recent article (News, May 17) on the decision by the Nieman Foundation to withdraw a fellowship from Liu Kinming, Bill Kovach, the Curator, noted that the letters he'd received from supporters of Liu struck him as "political...
...wrote one of Liu's references for the Nieman and I also wrote to Kovach about his withdrawal. Political considerations were not in my mind. I told Kovach that Liu had suddenly changed jobs from op-ed editor of one paper to a much better one. I noted that while he was waiting to hear from Harvard, he could hardly turn down such an offer on the chance that he would receive a Nieman--and in any event the job would have gone to someone else. I pointed out that Liu's new paper was the only one in Hong...
...Either he or his friends are trying to makethis a political appointment," Kovach said. "Thisis not a political process, this is aboutjournalism...
...Kovach said he was unsure how to respond to thecriticisms...
...never been in this position before, soI'm a little confused about what they want me todo," Kovach added. "This whole idea of lobbying isa little alien...