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"I do not agree that all journalists are the same," said Dimitris and stressed that it is unethical on the one hand, for journalists to want to live in a completely isolated and secure environment and, on the other, to have the right to express opinion and to criticize all others. "We do not fall into any famous definition of "journalists - cheaters and informers," nor are we against society. I want to be together with other citizens, not against them. I want to fight for the abolition of all the measures the government is taking. But I do not want to fight for my exclusion from them. I do not want to be the exception. The police, military, judges, diplomats and priests, i.e. the pillars, which sustain the system, were excluded from the bill. I think it is immoral for journalists to be included among them."
At the same time, journalist unions in Athens and Thessaloniki announced a new 48-hour strike in public and local media on Wednesday and Thursday. Technicians in Thessaloniki, who were at work today, will also be on strike together with the other professional groups over the next two days.