tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post113576002149936828..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Financial Times on Chen -- *sigh*Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67223192065810392532010-01-21T21:49:09.664+08:002010-01-21T21:49:09.664+08:00Having been following different media sources rece...Having been following different media sources recently, I would have difficulty in not noticing the dissimilarity of the stories presented in the recent news coverage on Google in China.<br /><br />On the one hand, Wong's et al article 'China Paints Google Issue as Not Political" seems fairly nuanced and restrained in its message. On the other hand, Kathrin Hille article "Chinese papers: U.S. agenda behind Google row" seems quite damning of the Chinese government.<br /><br />I would assume that the dissimilarity between the stories stems from either differences in journalistic research (methods or standards) or plain honesty (at the individual or organisational level).<br /><br />Either way, I am finding the power of the media in influencing opinion extremely disturbing.<br /><br />Links:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/world/asia/21china.html?ref=world <br />http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/01/20/china.media.google.ft/index.htmlWitold Kozlowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1135952609472938562005-12-30T22:23:00.000+08:002005-12-30T22:23:00.000+08:00Fact: Chen's popularity is fading, as shown by cit...Fact: Chen's popularity is fading, as shown by cited opinion polls.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps opinion polls are a better measure of the people's values, as Chen only throws his inflammatory rhetoric around during elections. In the calm between the storm, clearer heads tend to prevail.<BR/><BR/>Fact: The DPP was elected on a platform of clean government, human rights, and improving the system. <BR/><BR/>They were supposed to clean out authoritarianism, and now you defend their failure by saying that 'everyone is authoritarian'? Spurious at best. <BR/><BR/>It's sad that the best you can do to defend Chen is to mimic him and insinuate plots and conspiracies by a de-fanged KMT.Taiwan's Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09502176430536810488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1135817330720021092005-12-29T08:48:00.000+08:002005-12-29T08:48:00.000+08:00I think I effed up there. I meant Sheng was the pr...I think I effed up there. I meant Sheng was the pro-KMT academic. I need to clarify that. Thanks.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1135811452182631682005-12-29T07:10:00.000+08:002005-12-29T07:10:00.000+08:00Whoa. Lin Cho-Shui is a "pro-KMT academic"? That...Whoa. <BR/><BR/>Lin Cho-Shui is a "pro-KMT academic"? That's news to me. Ok, perhaps Lin is far more level-headed than some of his party colleagues and often lambasts his own party as well as the opposition. Just because he isn't afraid to criticize the party and the president doesn't mean he can be labeled like that!<BR/><BR/>Short resume: http://newcongress.yam.org.tw/senate/water.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1135791786699677742005-12-29T01:43:00.000+08:002005-12-29T01:43:00.000+08:00She appears not to have done much work...Right on ...<I>She appears not to have done much work...</I><BR/><BR/>Right on the money, Michael. As Hille's "reporting" in this piece mirrors that of Mike Chinoy (which usually mirrors the memes of the pan-blues), all that disinformation could very well have been <B>handed to her</B>. (Oops! Did I say that out loud?) As I recall, even the recent <I>China Post</I> and <I>UDN</I> surveys gave Chen a much higher rating than <I>TVBS</I>' (members only?) survey did -- doubly high, as I recall!<BR/><BR/><I>First citation is Shen Fu-hsiung...</I><BR/><BR/>Taiwan's "Joe Lieberman." I say kick that mofo out of the DPP <I>lickety split</I>!<BR/><BR/><I>Her next citation is of an apparently pro-KMT academic [Lin Cho-shui] whose name always appears in such pieces.</I><BR/><BR/>My wife is under the impression that Lin is Sisy Chen's ex(-husband? -boyfriend?). Go figure!<BR/><BR/><I>...it is not difficult to write with an objective view and tone. So why isn't it done here?</I><BR/><BR/>Probably 'cuz it would've gone against her agenda and that of the pan-blues.<BR/><BR/>Great takedown, Michael. I wonder if <A HREF="http://taiwansotherside.blogspot.com/2005/08/introducing-tos_30.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Parody-phrase - 'Boo hoo! The Western media is sooooo pan-green!'">TOS</A> will do anything about <I>this</I> "bias in the English-speaking media." Will he ask Hille "to learn and think about what is really happening here"?Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.com