When the news is bad, just shut up
Recently the Chinese rulers have tried to get movie goers to watch their history of the Party before allowing popular movies into theaters and urged Tibetians to just follow orders. Now, they've said that no one except them can talk about the terrible crash of a vaunted high-speed train, not even the news agency they "own."Oh, and it's interesting that what used to be called the propaganda ministry is now called the publicity department. Anyone who says China isn't modernizing, isn't paying attention. George Orwell would be so proud.
China Imposes Blackout on Train Wreck Coverage
After days of growing public fury over last month’s high-speed train crash and the government’s reaction, Chinese authorities have enacted a virtual news blackout on the disaster except for positive stories or information officially released by the government.
The sudden order from the Communist Party’s publicity department, handed down late Friday, forced newspaper editors to frantically tear up pages of their Saturday editions, replacing investigative articles and commentaries about the accident that killed 40 people in eastern China with cartoons or unrelated features.
Major Internet portals removed links to news reports or videos related to the crash in Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, in which 192 people were also injured.
Authorities even postponed the publication of an article prepared by Xinhua, the government’s news agency…
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 11:06 AM
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