Zimbabwe Won’t Let CNN Or BBC Into The Country Because They’re “Enemy Agencies”

Tuesday on CNNI, Michael Holmes asked Zimbabwean ambassador to the U.S. Machivenyika Mapuranga why Western news organizations aren’t allowed to report from Zimbabwe.

“Why not? Will you allow us to do so?,” Holmes asked.

“No, we will not allow you to do that, because the CNN and the BBC, they champion the imperialist interests of the British and the Americans, so they are totally biased,” Mapuranga responded.

He called the CNN and the BBC “enemy agencies” who would be “misleading the world.” Here’s the transcript of the full exchange…