Once in a while one runs into articles that seem to fly against convention wisdom, that seem to tear at the veil of world injustice, that seem to open one's eyes to provide insight into the causes of so many of today's ills. This article titled Why There is So Much Pro-War Reporting from "the Big Picture" blog is one of them. In reading this article, I note how the article … [Read more...] about Opinion: Why There Is So Much Pro-War Reporting in the West? A Comment on Bloggers, Tyranny, and the Fourth Estate
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Hollywood has underwent self-censorship training, so should Feng Xiaogang
Western narrative likes to pit Chinese against China's government censorship. In accepting the director of the year award, Feng Xiaogang (冯小刚) publicly lamented the difficulties he faced in complying with Chinese censors. What Feng and the 10,000-some people who retweeted him on weibo (sizable, but not that big a deal given the 500 million+ users) need to realize is that … [Read more...] about Hollywood has underwent self-censorship training, so should Feng Xiaogang
Life in flames: The story behind Tibetan self-immolation (Xinhua News)
(It's worth noting that Gady Epstein of The Economist calls this video, "remarkable propaganda document." If you think about it, that's a wholesale rejection of the Chinese point of view. This is politics. But, then, don't forget that The Economist and other Western media self-proclaim to be "free." According to their definition, Western journalism is supposed to be about … [Read more...] about Life in flames: The story behind Tibetan self-immolation (Xinhua News)
CNN and Financial Times spin news of China topping U.S. in importing oil as shake up to geopolitics of natural resources
CNN recently repeated an article from Financial Times on the news China has temporarily overtaken the United States as the world's largest net oil importer. In spinning this news, their narrative went as follows: "China has overtaken the US as the world's largest net importer of oil, in a generational shift that will shake up the geopolitics of natural resources." First of … [Read more...] about CNN and Financial Times spin news of China topping U.S. in importing oil as shake up to geopolitics of natural resources
A powerful infographic of America’s inequality perception gap
Back in October 4, 2011, I predicted the Occupy Wall Street movement would fizzle, simply because the U.S. corporate media were not behind it. pug_ster argued Obama's first term supporters were starting to become disillusioned, "Just today the Unions, Moveon.org and many other left groups whom have supported Obama in the past are joining this protest." While true, I still … [Read more...] about A powerful infographic of America’s inequality perception gap