Lilley was not amused, however, by an interview that Fang gave to NBC television after-with great difficulty-he was taken to London. In that interview Fang criticized President Bush for having a double standard on human rights, tough on the Soviet Union but easy on China.
但讓李潔明不悅的是，當他千方百計將方勵之送往英國倫敦，方勵之在接受 NBC 新聞採訪時，竟然抨擊布希政府在人權議題上有雙重標準，對蘇聯嚴格，對中國卻輕輕放下。