(Bad journalism on the left. Right column are Allen and my commentary on why. Fortunately, not all Brits are like this.) … [Read more...] about A mentally retarded journalist, take 2
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(Letter) “Fifty Cent Party” definition broaden to people not paid 50 cent
Oh, boy, these days it's dangerous to have a pro-Chinese government view on the Internet, even if you genuinely believe it, out of your own volition, and volunteer such sentiment freely, without acceptiong a 50 cent pittance. Here, you can see Rebecca MacCannon just expaned the definition of "Fifty Cent Party" to include those "paid or who volunteer to post pro-government … [Read more...] about (Letter) “Fifty Cent Party” definition broaden to people not paid 50 cent
(Letter) Did the Chinese government really tried to hide quake fatalities?
Recently GVO's Oiwan Lam accused the Chinese government of hiding figures and names of the 512 quake victims. But few searches on Baidu.com seem to contradict GVO's claims: 1) In the aftermath, casualty figures have been regularily updated and published by various government agencies including hospitals 2) As result, many media outlets in China have been able to create … [Read more...] about (Letter) Did the Chinese government really tried to hide quake fatalities?