Thursday, January 25, 2007
A Free Press - Red China-style
Today’s Washington Post reports on Blackmailing By Journalists In China:
“But more generally, journalists and officials say, Chinese reporters are demanding such hush money with increasing regularity from businesses and government agencies in exchange for the withholding of unfavorable news.”
Meanwhile, over at CNN there’s probably a collective I-coulda-had-a-V8 reaction going on. After all, when CNNers struck a similar deal with Saddam, all they got was ongoing access in Iraq.
“But more generally, journalists and officials say, Chinese reporters are demanding such hush money with increasing regularity from businesses and government agencies in exchange for the withholding of unfavorable news.”
Meanwhile, over at CNN there’s probably a collective I-coulda-had-a-V8 reaction going on. After all, when CNNers struck a similar deal with Saddam, all they got was ongoing access in Iraq.
