tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3072176101290291138..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Jimmy Lai to Establish New Cable News ChannelMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-89049508452468232152009-03-01T02:32:00.000+08:002009-03-01T02:32:00.000+08:00Reeb wrote:- - -Lastly, I find it bizarre that on ...Reeb wrote:<BR/>- - -<BR/><I>Lastly, I find it bizarre that on TV here, the only station that covers real international stories is Sissy Chen's program.</I><BR/>- - -<BR/><BR/>Have you ever seen <I>SET</I>'s <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fjJGvBLJdg" REL="nofollow" TITLE="'Disappearing Borders'">消失的國界</A> or <I>FTV</I>'s <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRqXGxROXmo" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Hosted by Luo Chih-cheng (羅致政)">台灣看天下</A> (Taiwan's World Perspective)? Neither of their hosts dresses up like <A HREF="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7089/sisybopeep.jpg" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Ew! (screenshot from an FTV report)">Little Bo Peep</A>.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Taiwan Matters!">Tim Maddog</A>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-54434077820928994262009-03-01T00:35:00.000+08:002009-03-01T00:35:00.000+08:00Thomas, I inquired by e-mail, and the writer told ...Thomas, I inquired by e-mail, and the writer told me that the interview was conducted in English.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, "provincial" is Jimmy Lai's own word. Whether it's a slur or not is up for debate.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Taiwan Matters!">Tim Maddog</A>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-56068317673912975392009-02-26T23:37:00.000+08:002009-02-26T23:37:00.000+08:00"... after having said:- - -[...] it looks so prov..."<BR/>... after having said:<BR/>- - -<BR/>[...] it looks so provincial."<BR/><BR/>I too was wondering about this. Did he make the original comment in Chinese? If so, there couldn't have been the same double meaning to the word and this may be just an accident of translation. If he said it in English, then the double meaning is indeed possible.<BR/><BR/>However, I am not sure that "provincial" meaning province-like would be incorrect. If he really wants a serious, neutral news station that the world can take seriously, he has every right to slap the "provincial" label on Taiwan. Face it, the news stations on the island are generally not of international or national calibre. His message could just as easily be, "if you guys are a country, then you need a countrywide news station that people can respect."<BR/><BR/>Of course, the appointment of that King guy seems to muddy things a great deal though...Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552370490869601403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-92157912763621590322009-02-26T17:59:00.000+08:002009-02-26T17:59:00.000+08:00I just read your blog, and the other blogs linked ...I just read your blog, and the other blogs linked by your list.<BR/><BR/>I am not attracted nor convinced by TV's or major medias. Global Voices on line is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-18739470418868267182009-02-26T15:52:00.000+08:002009-02-26T15:52:00.000+08:00Jimmy "Rotten Apple" Lai said:- - -Once you become...Jimmy "Rotten Apple" Lai said:<BR/>- - -<BR/><I>Once you become the mouthpiece of China</I> [...]<BR/>- - -<BR/><BR/>... after having said:<BR/>- - -<BR/>[...] <I>it looks so <B>provincial</B>.</I><BR/>- - -<BR/><BR/>As usual, <A HREF="http://a-gu.blogspot.com/2009/02/228-madness.html?showComment=1235475720000#c8052896244906680742" REL="nofollow" TITLE="My comment about '228 madness' on A-gu's blog">appearances</A> can be deceiving.<BR/><BR/>For those unfamiliar with Mr. King, they should take a look at <A HREF="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/11/08/2003279207" REL="nofollow" TITLE="11.8.2005 - 'DPP levels press-muzzling charges at Taipei City'">this</A>:<BR/>- - -<BR/><I>[DPP caucus whip William Lai (賴清德)] cited an article in the latest issue of </I>Eyewitness<I> magazine stating that Taipei Deputy Mayor King Pu-tsung (金溥聰) had asked reporters covering the city beat to <B>be careful in their reporting because he had the cellphone number of their editors-in-chief.</B><BR/><BR/></I>Eyewitness<I> is a bi-monthly magazine published by the Association of Taiwan Journalists.<BR/><BR/>King has also reportedly <B>berated journalists for asking questions he dislikes, or trying to do in-depth investigative reporting on the city government.</B><BR/><BR/>Lai also enumerated 15 city government "scandals," including an alleged conspiracy of city police and car thieves in August, corruption in the city's Parking Management Office last month and recent zoning relaxation for the Yangmingshan National Park.<BR/><BR/>In addition to asking the city government to offer an explanation on those matters, Lai asked the pan-blue camp to use the same standards it applies to the DPP government to look at <B>the city's "repression" of press freedom.</B><BR/><BR/>DPP Legislator Gao Jyh-peng (高志鵬) said that the reporter's account made him realize <B>"why Ma enjoys such a high popularity rating, why he has such a clean political image and why he can spend so much more time jogging in shorts than attending to city affairs."</B></I><BR/>- - -<BR/><BR/>Yep. Sounds like "Mr. Propaganda" to me.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Taiwan Matters!">Tim Maddog</A>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-21632169730880180242009-02-26T15:45:00.000+08:002009-02-26T15:45:00.000+08:00Something else to consider: from what I see on loc...Something else to consider: from what I see on local TV, many of the stations get their news from.... the Apple Daily. (they even show Apple News photos in the background). <BR/><BR/>Lai coming in will force the other networks to do real reporting, not just newspaper reading. <BR/><BR/>Lastly, I find it bizarre that on TV here, the only station that covers real international stories is Sissy Chen's program.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-56010383223407020292009-02-26T15:26:00.000+08:002009-02-26T15:26:00.000+08:00If by international they mean focused on China.......If by international they mean focused on China.... we already have that.TicoExpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924420017053186115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-18134793867997855382009-02-26T12:35:00.000+08:002009-02-26T12:35:00.000+08:00That guy King Pu-tsung is a character. He is a go...That guy King Pu-tsung is a character. He is a good looking guy, very intelligent guy, that seems to do whatever he wants (and Ma Ying-jeou always let him). Though indispensible for his ideas and a keystone to Ma's political career, both campaigning and in office, he was perpetually late to meetings, making final decisions after everyone else had already reached a consensus, and well, he also has that unsurprising failed marriage to go along with it all.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, Jimmy Lai talks a big talk, but the cable industry here ain't like the then very stodgy newspaper industry. It's already highly competitive, highly sensational, does a whole lotta cross-advertising for non-news channels, and does paid segments on behalf of advertisers all the time.<BR/><BR/>The fact is, there's a segment of the population here, largely older, largely in the North, largely military or working for the gov't or waisheng that LIKES the pro-China stuff. They love the 24-7 Chen Shuibian stuff and those channels catering to that kind of taste are giving them what they want.<BR/><BR/>However, while the TV industry in Taiwan is saturated, the internet industry is not. Someone that could do something across the TV-internet spheres has the potential to make a killing in Taiwan, and also lead the way worldwide in Mandarin-language new media. That's where Jimmy Lai should really be putting his money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com