Comments on: Western Media Teaches China a ‘Lesson’ http://themoderatevoice.com/19265/western-media-teaches-china-a-lesson/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Slamfu http://themoderatevoice.com/19265/western-media-teaches-china-a-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-135861 Slamfu Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:13:55 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/freedom-of-the-press/19265/western-media-teaches-china-a-lesson/#comment-135861 Its really hard to give any credence to the evidence coming out of China that invaribably back up the State. For all we know every single witness speaking well of China's actions has one of his loved ones in the next room with a gun to their head. These kinds of actions are legal in China. In fact, there are countless tales of coercion, censorship, and intimidation on a large scale as par for the course in that nation. <br><br>What do you want the West to say? The methods routinely employed by China automatically undermine any trust we might otherwise have in defense of actions taken by their gov't. Try a free press and maybe you'll get the benefit of the doubt. Until then live with the suspicion and stop telling us to get the splinter out of our eyes. Its really hard to give any credence to the evidence coming out of China that invaribably back up the State. For all we know every single witness speaking well of China's actions has one of his loved ones in the next room with a gun to their head. These kinds of actions are legal in China. In fact, there are countless tales of coercion, censorship, and intimidation on a large scale as par for the course in that nation.

What do you want the West to say? The methods routinely employed by China automatically undermine any trust we might otherwise have in defense of actions taken by their gov't. Try a free press and maybe you'll get the benefit of the doubt. Until then live with the suspicion and stop telling us to get the splinter out of our eyes.

]]> By: germany » Blog Archive » Western Media Teaches China a ‘Lesson’ http://themoderatevoice.com/19265/western-media-teaches-china-a-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-111978 germany » Blog Archive » Western Media Teaches China a ‘Lesson’ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:33:21 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/media/freedom-of-the-press/19265/western-media-teaches-china-a-lesson/#comment-111978 [...] sheryar wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIronically, Mr. Shen ends by saying that thanks to the West’s perceived lack of journalistic ethics, ‘even average people, let alone students of journalism’ received a lesson in true journalistic objectivity. By Shen Xinggeng … [...] [...] sheryar wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIronically, Mr. Shen ends by saying that thanks to the West’s perceived lack of journalistic ethics, ‘even average people, let alone students of journalism’ received a lesson in true journalistic objectivity. By Shen Xinggeng … [...]

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