I would like to clarify a few points regarding the letter from Charles McLean of the World Economic Forum.

Firstly Mr. McLean claims that no other photographer was allowed at the breakfast with Bill Gates. This is absolutely not true--several colleagues of mine without the "White Pass" were present at the breakfast while Courtney Zoffness and I were denied entry by the WEF media liaisons, including Mr. McLean himself. When I asked him why we were being denied entry while others without passes were entering the meeting he told me the "I should know better why." At the time I did not know that we were carrying a story regarding the lack of media access to the Annual Meeting.

Secondly, I ran into Mr. McLean several times during the meeting, though we rarely spoke. On the last day of the conference, after the final press conference, I thanked him for whatever help he had given us. That was the extent of our interaction and I did not, as Mr. McLean claims, apologize to him on either my behalf or the behalf of any of my colleagues. I do not believe I had any reason to apologize as I was simply doing my job and getting the photos required for our paper.

Sincerely,
Amarjit Sidhu