Examining The Non-Existent “Rich Chinese Hunting Polar Bear” Story
March 13th, 2012
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Recently a story by Peter Simpson of Daily Mail UK made waves in the conservationist circle, that wealthy Chinese businessmen, as many as 100, are paying upwards of $80,000US to hunt endangered polar bears into extinction with this headline, “Rich Chinese Thrill Seekers Paying £50,000 for ‘trip of a lifetime…’ to kill endangered polar bears.”
The Daily Mail then followed up with an OpEd with the temerity to question how cruel the Chinese race is: “are the Chinese the cruelest race on earth?” Read more…
Categories: Analysis, media China, Environment, media bias, Peter Simpson, polar bear, sensationalism
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