tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post6478804463991746637..comments2023-10-26T22:53:59.503+08:00Comments on The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato: 'Tourist' may have been guided by PRC intelJ. Michael Cole 寇謐將http://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-60868026057856561932010-07-19T02:38:11.136+08:002010-07-19T02:38:11.136+08:00Mike,
Thanks for the link to the LT report. As to...Mike,<br /><br />Thanks for the link to the LT report. As to your disclaimers - I can let you have your day off (maybe), but as to the fact that the events happened a year ago - surely that is even more reason why it should have been a front page headliner. Quelle outrage...<br /><br />I would have thought that, with both papers - the LT and the TT - the broadly anti-Beijing (for temporary want of a more accurate and nuanced term) editorial direction would pretty much necessitate that stories such as this be given maximum exposure. <br /><br />That being the case, I would think your editorial mate at the TT should have had a bollocking...mikehttp://www.mirrorsignalmove.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-90409681864609344472010-07-18T23:37:14.806+08:002010-07-18T23:37:14.806+08:00Hi Michael:
Yes, I believe this is an important s...Hi Michael:<br /><br />Yes, I believe this is an important story, too. As to why it was relegated to page 3 rather than on the front page — I was off on that day and it was a day during which a lot of things were happening. It should also be noted that the event covered in my piece happened more than a year ago. Should it still have run on the front page? Perhaps, and I hoped it would, too. But it wasn't my call to make (it would have been had I worked that day, as I am also deputy news chief at the paper).<br /><br />As for the Liberty Times article, the original, titled 國安高層要求停止中國佈建, is available here:<br /><br />http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/feb/13/today-fo1.htm<br /><br />Regarding our "profound differences," Mike, there's no problem with that. We can't all agree on everything, even when we're technically on the same team!<br /><br />All good wishesJ. Michael Cole 寇謐將https://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-63838300674243337272010-07-18T23:00:02.634+08:002010-07-18T23:00:02.634+08:00Thank you Mike Cole. I have profound differences w...Thank you Mike Cole. I have profound differences with you, and I am not looking for common ground, but this is a very important story that should have been the chief front page headline. Knocking it back into the "Taiwan News" section - what the hell was your chief editor thinking? And is there any chance that this story might run?mikehttp://www.mirrorsignalmove.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-70305028857532845552010-07-18T07:41:41.869+08:002010-07-18T07:41:41.869+08:00Isn't is a "coincidence" that Ma wou...Isn't is a "coincidence" that Ma would have called for closer ties with Russia, while 10 spies were identified in the US posing as regular citizens?<br /><br />Obama has been notorious to appease China and Russia.<br /><br />Ma Ing Jeou, in addition to China, would add Russia to his list?<br /><br />Not surprising anyhow, China and Russia have always put up a united front to veto proposals in the UN, including sanction to Iran and North Korea.green sleeeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03952901787612003242noreply@blogger.com