tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post963382758819489440..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: More Election Commentary round upMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-53860431562996438292010-12-02T09:31:26.966+08:002010-12-02T09:31:26.966+08:00No. Addressing that now.No. Addressing that now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-59530029960103203792010-12-02T09:18:44.624+08:002010-12-02T09:18:44.624+08:00I decided not to write VOA. Not much point. Did th...I decided not to write VOA. Not much point. Did they correct their error of interpretation? <br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-37052566445678994842010-12-02T09:03:15.725+08:002010-12-02T09:03:15.725+08:00After being notified on the vote total error, VOA ...After being notified on the vote total error, VOA story has been corrected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-22267059146640230482010-11-30T20:28:59.995+08:002010-11-30T20:28:59.995+08:00Jennings has left Reuters. The VOA piece was exten...Jennings has left Reuters. The VOA piece was extensively edited. <br /><br />That's all I'm going to say.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-80342313711316133282010-11-30T20:22:25.008+08:002010-11-30T20:22:25.008+08:00As far as I can see, Mr. Jennings is working in Ta...As far as I can see, Mr. Jennings is working in Taiwan on a permanent basis, not only for the VoA, but for other news organizations such as Reuters, too. <br />If <a href="http://lalaoshi.livejournal.com/125839.html" rel="nofollow">this entry</a> is by him, it may help to explain why he looks the other way on the popular vote. <br />Mr. Jenning's actual blog links there, saying "More from Ralph". <br /><br />Then there's another aspect. The Chinese "Don't be too CNN" campaign of 2008 has apparently left an impact on news organizations such as the BBC, VoA, etc.. The more they broadcast to China, the more they want to be readable there. It's one thing to emphasize human rights (something they do), but another to make "splittist" remarks "unacceptable to 1.3 bn potential" listeners, readers, consumers... you name it. <br /><br />Not only business people are pussy-footing when it comes to a <i>rapidly-growing market</i> with totalitarian characteristics. <br /><br />Oh, and one more thing as an additional explanation: <b>sluggishness</b> is nothing foreign in international broadcasting. ;)justrecentlyhttp://justrecently.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-54093945291520366882010-11-30T12:26:49.018+08:002010-11-30T12:26:49.018+08:00The question begs asking, "Who does Mr. Jenni...The question begs asking, "Who does Mr. Jennings really work for?"<br /><br />It may sound fantastic or hyperbolic, but I can not fathom how this reporter could twist this election into a set of KMT/Chinese talking points as if working under some other mandate than simple journalism. <br /><br />It is not uncommon for foreign governments or other interests with stakes in a certain political outcome to plant assents in foreign countries that may pose as journalists, teachers, business people, missionaries and tourists, with the goal of carrying out the a means for desired political ends. <br /><br />The factual contortions Jennings employs in this article to deliberately craft this piece into a validation of KMT/CCP cooperation is astounding and leads me to this bizarre, but valid question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com