Taming Macrae - Editorial http://dmadmin.dailymirror.lk/opinion/172-‐opinion/39002-‐taming-‐macrae-‐editorial.html Daily Mirror - WEDNESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2013 Despite President Mahinda Rajapaksa being a PR maestro, a fact that was vividly displayed to the entire world when he invited a journalist of the Channel 4 of Britain for a cup of tea as the latter approached him with a provocative question during a CHOGM related event in Colombo, what seems to be lacking in his subordinates is exactly the very skill which was also exposed to the world through their handling of the journalists of the same Channel.
Facing Death Threats Ahead Of Visit To Commonwealth Meeting https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/facing-‐death-‐threats-‐ahead-‐of-‐visit-‐to-‐ commonwealth-‐meeting/ Colombo Telegraph - August 1, 2013 When you announce that you are going to apply for media accreditation for a routine international political event like the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) you don’t normally expect a rash of death threats – or to find a senior diplomat from the host country threatening on twitter that he will “make sure you don’t get a visa”.
UNP has insulted the country by summoning Callum Macrae – Keheliya Rambukwella http://www.itnnews.lk/?p=30408 ITN SRI LANKA - NOVEMBER 13, 2013 Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has said that the United National Party has insulted the country by bringing in Callum Macrae of Channel Four who is conspiring against Sri Lanka, to Siri Kotha. The Minister made this observation referring to the news conference held at Sirikotha under the guidance of Parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera.
President Rajapaksa invites Macrae for a cup of tea http://lankasrinews.easyms.com/view.php?2ePTo00aETY2edGtb2bcT2G2d4Ebk2c2IJD242CeG2231 EP3
Lankasri - Tuesday, 12 November 2013 In what appeared to be a consolidation of the charm that President Mahinda Rajapaksa is renowned for, while dismissing questions posed by Channel-4 journalist when he was about to board the car after the opening of the Commonwealth Business Forum, invited them “for a cup of tea”.
Protestors block Channel 4 journalists travelling to Sri Lanka's former war zone http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-‐11/13/c_132885423.htm
xinhuanet.com - 2013-11-13 19:39:21 Sri Lankan demonstrators hold placards during a protest against the arrival in the country of a crew from Britain's Channel 4 television ahead of the forthcoming Commonwealth summit in front of JAIC Hilton Residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nov. 11, 2013. Pro-government activists also demonstrated outside Sri Lanka's main international airport denouncing the visit by Britain's Channel 4 which