Entries from January 2009

January 30, 2009

Difference on reporting “fake” performance

Remember one New York Times’ report titled “In Grand Olympic Show, Some Sleight of Voice”? It covers a story that “Chinese organizers superimposed the voice of a sweeter-singing little girl on that of a 9-year-old performer featured at the opening ceremony of last summer’s Olympic Games.” The full report is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/sports/olympics/13beijing.html
Now there is another New [...]

January 24, 2009

Things about commercials in political news

When our “dear reporters” encounter some unexpected stuff, commercials are always there to save their $ss.
BTW, not just this poor guy of foxnews, Larry King is also a master of using commercials.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch/v/NFnn83qyLW8

January 19, 2009

Difference between reporting China and US news

Chinese Riot Over Handling of Girl’s Killing
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/world/asia/30riot.html
BEIJING — Thousands of people have rioted in a county in southwest China, setting fire to government buildings and overturning cars in angry protests over the official handling of the death of a local teenage girl, according to a human rights group, state news media and videotapes of the [...]