Censorship May Open Our Eyes to China

The New Media Journal ^ | August 8, 2008 | Nancy Salvato

[NewMediaJournal]

Reporters charged with covering the Olympics are now whining about "not knowing what they will be able to cover and not knowing how much the Chinese government will censor their online coverage."

The fact that the mainstream media is even remotely surprised at a Communist Government not allowing complete freedom of the press is laughable, irrespective of the fact that China promised them complete freedom to report on the events after this one party state was awarded the honor of hosting the Olympics. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is absolutely right when he reminds folks that the Chinese government is "only doing what authoritarian and dictatorial regimes always do."

Those reporters who dominate the mainstream media are finally getting a small taste of what it feels like to navigate the barriers set up by a country that limits their liberty to speak their mind. The New Media writers have been all too aware that the continuing erosion of our own country’s freedoms in the name of political correctness has been steadily subsuming our constitutional rights for years now. Many writers plying their craft in the New Media are used to their message not being published by agenda driven mainstream papers. A substantial number of people who rely on the New Media for the news have long recognized that the sovereignty of our people is being subsumed by the one world agenda being preached by the socialist left and echoed by the alphabet network lemmings. The hours spent identifying and exposing the prejudices embedded in the mainstream coverage of the issues has well honed the analytical skills of New Media writers.

[Reaganesque]

Remember when reporters were whining about the censorship the military imposed on the imbeds in Iraq? Now they will see true censorship and we’ll see if they recognize and understand the difference.

[MtnClimber]

And what percentage of these useful idiot reporters support BHO?

[douginthearmy]

85% (the other 15% support Nader)

[isrul]

The bitching will stop and they will respect and defend what will be called “cultural differences”.

[Apollo 13]

The dangerous characteristic of freedom is that is is being taken for granted too easily, by many, many people. This also leads to a position like: ‘hey, see man, China’s really opening up, economy-wise and for tourists’ and so on and so forth. As if the Tien-An-Min scandal never happened. It must be quite a cold shower for a journalist, being used to Western standards, to discover that his stuff isn’t transmitted at all and that informative sites and channels are simply closed. Or that certain key words and phrases in his writing are being censored out.