Kudos to this woman in Ukraine:
“The results announced by the Central Election Commission are rigged, do not believe them,” Natalya Dymitruk told UT-1 viewers when asked to relay the [declaration of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s victory] in sign-language. … [She] told hearing-impaired viewers that Yushchenko was the real winner and apologized for conveying previous official statements, saying she was “sorry for being obliged to lie … and I will not do it again.”
Congrats to her, and people like her, in Ukraine who stood up to corruption and have won a chance at a new election.
I followed this story (the election) very closely via NPR, but hadn’t heard about the sign interpreter.
It’s interesting to see how the names are spelled after only hearing them for several weeks.
Interesting, I too followed it on NPR. It, and blogs, are my main source of news.
I heard of her on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, one of the best reasons (along with Car Talk and great music, at least here in Columbus) to listen to NPR.