Comments on: How to make the foreign media’s task that little bit easier http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Imagethief http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15793 Imagethief Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:08:17 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15793 <strong>What to make of Edwin Maher?...</strong> Imagethief found the LA Times article on CCTV9's western anchorman, Edwin Maher, quite interesting. I... What to make of Edwin Maher?…

Imagethief found the LA Times article on CCTV9’s western anchorman, Edwin Maher, quite interesting. I…

]]> By: China Digital Times http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15564 China Digital Times Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:16:30 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15564 <strong>How to Make the Foreign Media’s Task That Little Bit Easier - hris O’Brien...</strong> From The Beijing Newspeak blog: “It’s because the foreign media is so biased.” A well-worn defence, put forward by many a state media journalist, to justify resolutely one-sided reporting, deletions of chunks of critical speeches delivered by vi... How to Make the Foreign Media’s Task That Little Bit Easier - hris O’Brien…

From The Beijing Newspeak blog: “It’s because the foreign media is so biased.” A well-worn defence, put forward by many a state media journalist, to justify resolutely one-sided reporting, deletions of chunks of critical speeches delivered by vi…

]]> By: Will http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15524 Will Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:01:24 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15524 But what if he's trying to impress the Chinese? But what if he’s trying to impress the Chinese?

]]> By: cat http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15407 cat Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:03:39 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15407 I think Mr Mandelson is more interested in todgers than beavers, Will. I think Mr Mandelson is more interested in todgers than beavers, Will.

]]> By: Danwei http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15385 Danwei Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:58:46 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15385 <strong>Danwei Picks: 2007-12-7...</strong> Danwei Picks is a daily digest of the "From the Web" links found on the Danwei homepage. A feed for the... Danwei Picks: 2007-12-7…

Danwei Picks is a daily digest of the “From the Web” links found on the Danwei homepage. A feed for the…

]]> By: Will http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15380 Will Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:45:17 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15380 On the train: Same planet, different worlds. There are dueling agendas here. Agenda one: Maintain the usual cloak of military taciturnity. Agenda two: Prove to the world that the new ubertrain isn't sinking into slush as the permafrost melts. Combine agenda two with a manifest lack of ability to predict the reactions of foreign news organizations (how else to explain much of the Stalinist rhetoric that still comes out of the Foreign Ministry) and it's easy to see where this came from. Caption for that Mandelson photo: "Check it out! You can totally see her beaver!" On the train: Same planet, different worlds. There are dueling agendas here. Agenda one: Maintain the usual cloak of military taciturnity. Agenda two: Prove to the world that the new ubertrain isn’t sinking into slush as the permafrost melts. Combine agenda two with a manifest lack of ability to predict the reactions of foreign news organizations (how else to explain much of the Stalinist rhetoric that still comes out of the Foreign Ministry) and it’s easy to see where this came from.

Caption for that Mandelson photo: “Check it out! You can totally see her beaver!”

]]> By: Adam Minter http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15375 Adam Minter Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:19:15 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/12/07/how-to-make-the-foreign-medias-task-that-little-bit-easier/#comment-15375 In regard to the railway: it's always amazed me that the foreign press corps has swallowed the idea that the line was built for tourism, only. Instead of another story on pressurized cars and UV-protected windows, why not take a moment and ask if there is anything in Tibet that can't be shipped economically, in volume, by air. Good story waiting there. In regard to the railway: it’s always amazed me that the foreign press corps has swallowed the idea that the line was built for tourism, only. Instead of another story on pressurized cars and UV-protected windows, why not take a moment and ask if there is anything in Tibet that can’t be shipped economically, in volume, by air. Good story waiting there.

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