tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post1444751771024584050..comments2023-10-26T22:53:59.503+08:00Comments on The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato: Same subject, different takesJ. Michael Cole 寇謐將http://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-54385046292316643292010-03-09T19:15:48.070+08:002010-03-09T19:15:48.070+08:00According to Ralph Jenning’s Reuters blog page, ht...According to Ralph Jenning’s Reuters blog page, http://blogs.reuters.com/ralph-jennings/<br /><br />Ralph Jennings is also this guy:<br />http://lalaoshi.livejournal.com/<br /><br />and he says:<br />http://lalaoshi.livejournal.com/114289.html<br /><br />“My wife, born in China and who I've sworn not to blog about, once said that a certain Chinese ointment suddenly wiped out a pain in her back side..”<br /><br />Ralph Jennings of Reuters, a Chinese son-in-law, and his wife, Cindy Sui, who wrote this pro-blue article,<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8279841.stm<br /><br />are a husband and wife team working in the mainstream media to spread propagandas for the CCP + KMT.<br /><br />What a pity that they were Berkeley-trained and yet biased with pro-China agenda.<br /><br />Professional ethics???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-73623465653561101242010-03-04T05:04:34.403+08:002010-03-04T05:04:34.403+08:00I've noticed that slant often in Reuters repor...I've noticed that slant often in Reuters reports. They're not subtle about it.Altonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-35069140470082378342010-03-03T18:23:20.373+08:002010-03-03T18:23:20.373+08:00Irwinc: Wire agencies have their own reporters in ...Irwinc: Wire agencies have their own reporters in Taiwan, and the byline for that specific story was Ralph Jennings, whom I know fairly well. This was not a case of "armchair" reporting from abroad.J. Michael Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793745420777048984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-92062965708069531282010-03-03T02:58:18.437+08:002010-03-03T02:58:18.437+08:00Most of the time, the wire agencies rely on local ...Most of the time, the wire agencies rely on local reporters to write the story (that's how wire agencies work... they rarely have their own reporters write the story... at least not anymore). So the bias in the Reuters story is probably related to who they use as the feed in Taiwan (probably UND or China Times). The wire agencies will edit the local articles sometime if they detect bias; but Reuters probably didn't really care enough about a news story on by-election in Taiwan to edit the submissions.irwinchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09175879445715413526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-81994369065921218582010-03-02T05:23:31.647+08:002010-03-02T05:23:31.647+08:001. I agree that Hsiao Bi-Khim is too valuable for ...1. I agree that Hsiao Bi-Khim is too valuable for DPP and should be eyeing the central level.<br /><br />2. I can't help but thinking there must be some kind of financial benefit for Reuters to report from the view of China. After all, it's KMT who still claims that it represents the entire China, including Mongolia and Tibet.BITnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-78701791280602939172010-03-02T00:04:26.047+08:002010-03-02T00:04:26.047+08:00I'm curious why Reuters has more of a pro-Chin...I'm curious why Reuters has more of a pro-China, pro-KMT slant than AP.Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027760124467699924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-82266081506131721172010-02-28T11:33:56.101+08:002010-02-28T11:33:56.101+08:00Tim: You're right; AP does regurgitate its fal...Tim: You're right; AP does regurgitate its falsehood about the so-called "split" in 1949.J. Michael Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793745420777048984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-61951646695531635142010-02-28T01:05:25.409+08:002010-02-28T01:05:25.409+08:00Michael, you wrote:
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Aside from the “rival Ch...Michael, you wrote:<br />- - -<br /><i>Aside from the “rival China,” AP remains neutral in its reporting and sticks to the facts.</i><br>- - -<br /><br />That's not quite true. <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100227/taiwan_election_100227/20100227?hub=World" title="''Taiwan's ruling party loses 3 of 4 byelections''" rel="nofollow">The AP article</a> contains this outright lie:<br />- - -<br /><i>Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949</i> [...]<br />- - -<br /><br />For the benefit of others who may not get the nuance, it was the Chinese Nationalist Party (<a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">KMT</a>) and the Chinese Communist Party (<a title="The *Chinese* Communist Party that wants Taiwan to submit to their evil will" rel="nofollow">CCP</a>) which "split in 1949" while Taiwan was legally Japanese territory until 1952.<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-4544901965815416042010-02-27T20:08:17.309+08:002010-02-27T20:08:17.309+08:00Thomas: Yeah, that's good news for the DPP. I ...Thomas: Yeah, that's good news for the DPP. I know for a fact, however, that my previous post is not just a rumor; I have it on very good (and insider) authority.J. Michael Cole 寇謐將https://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-50029444419693530772010-02-27T20:02:22.864+08:002010-02-27T20:02:22.864+08:00Great news! I think at least three wins were neces...Great news! I think at least three wins were necessary in order to keep the KMT from claiming a victory of sorts. King had recently said that the party's strategy was to hold onto two seats at a minimum. Their loss of three seats will make it very hard for those in the KMT who are unhappy with Ma and King to be silenced. And, of course, it dims some of King's electioneering aura.<br /><br />Now lets just hope your big tip that a wire agency is sitting on is just a rumor or is not as bad as you implied it could be. If it is something really bad, then the DPP has a much stronger hand drumming up opposition.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552370490869601403noreply@blogger.com