According to the Financial Times, CNN has had to move its Beijing office. Due to their "biased" reporting, China's netizens took it upon themselves to rectify the situation. Someone posted the office phone number and address online and encouraged people to complain. These vigilante complaints degenerated into threats toward the staff.
"CNN staff were forced to vacate their office in Beijing last Friday and operate from a nearby hotel after their phone and fax system was overwhelmed by the volume of calls, including many threats of violence."This is the face that China is showing months before the Beijing Olympics. After they made a big dog and pony show about how foreign journalists would have more freedom in the country, it's allowing its citizens to threaten the lives of people who are doing their jobs. Is this the friendly face of China welcoming the world?
3 comments:
China is starting to show its true colors. It's like a teenager who promises he's responsible and mature enough to drive the family car and ends up driving it into a lake.
You're certainly in China during interesting times. The Cuban-Americans think CNN is biased, too, I saw that in action during the Elian Gonzalez episode in Miami.
Wow what an interesting time to be in China. I find your posts riveting and well written. I shall be back for more!
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