Monday, March 20, 2006

Another Media problem....

.....occurs in this Yahoo report from Stephan Grauwels on the protests on Sunday. Here's the text:

The move to scrap the unification committee came as Chen was slumping in opinion polls and the Nationalists were riding high amid popular displeasure over a stagnant economy and perceptions of government corruption.

You just can't get these guys to do their research. It's not difficult -- Google can do the job in a trice. What was actual economic growth when Chen was proposing to abolish the NUC? 4.1% for the year, 6.4% for the last quarter of 2005. Unemployment dipped to 3.8%, the lowest in five years. It would be nice if reporters would reports reality, not propaganda. But that would mean work.....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Looks to me like they forgot to update Stephan on what the lie of the month is. But, what else would you expect from a guy who is a non-native English speaker earning his living reporting in (you guessed) English...
This is like taking grammar tips from an Afrikaaner...