Stories about Media & Journalism from April, 2006
Hong Kong: Uncharacteristic blog behaviour
EastSouthWestNorth comes up blank tonight save for an error message which reads: “Sorry, you have reached either a non-existent site or the site has been suspended (or deactivated) due to Disk Space and/or Bandwidth Violation / Exceeded.”
Brazil: A Correspondent Reflects
Jared Goyette, a foreign correspondent living in Bahia, reflects on his latest piece for Brazzil Magazine. “When I changed the article, I cut out a lot detail I had recorded on the show …”
Japan: Celebrity fanfare
Have you heard of the leather-clad hip-thrusting Japanese celebrity Razor Ramon Hard Gay? A post on the Gen Kanai blog gives a thorough introduction: “A group of fansubbers have started to do fansubs of Razor Ramon's Hard Gay comedy sketches. They have a wiki, and a forum and put their...
China: Television exported
In ‘Entertaining or subverting?: Chinese television tries to go global,’ the Angry Chinese Blogger looks at the possibility of nine mainland television stations being offered in Canada. “In a move that is sure to please Canada's sizable Overseas-Chinese community, the country's largest basic cable provider, Rogers Cable, has announced that...
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
It had been a relatively quiet week in the Saudi blogosphere this week. However, several good posts can be found by bloggers from inside the country, and also by those who live abroad. So, let's get it started… A new community website for Saudi bloggers has been causing much controversy,...
Estonia: Russian Coverage of Desecration of Holocaust Memorial in Estonia
As a Russian news agency reports desecration of a Holocaust memorial in Kalevi Liyva, Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa bemoans the fact that “such a small country” as Estonia “should find itself a graveyard of monuments for lost causes.”
Polish Blogosphere Update
On the literary front, As the Warsaw Crow Flies notes the death of Polish author Stanislaw Lem. On Lem, Warsaw Crow writes: Having only read his novel Solaris, I can't say I'm at all familiar with his work. But from that one book it was clear just what an exceptionally...
China: Tiananmen revisited
Richard from The Peking Duck updates on PBS’ upcoming documentary on the man who on June 5, 1989 stood in the way of a line of China's People's Liberation Army tanks pushing into Tiananmen square, and links to a website PBS has which focuses on that man. “I've just spent...
China: Foreign involvement in Chinese media
Danwei blogs—and China Herald too—on China Central Television's newly-revamped English-language website, developed in cooperation with media magnate Rupert Murdoch and designed with help from Fox News. “Fortunately,” quips Fons from the Herald, “it also has no RSS-feeds, so I can avoid this new tool to fall asleep.”
DRC: Is Tshisekedi an Extremist?
Over at Le Blog du Congolais, Ben-Clet analyzes (FR) the “180 degree turn” in the international image of UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi from sympathetic Mobutu opponent in the 90s to modern-day extremist. Among factors, Ben-Clet cites the fall of the Berlin wall, the fact that Congolese national interests often clash...
Bolivia: BBC on Morales
Both Alvaro and Eduardo give their impressions of a recent BBC feature on Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Under Pressure Journalists & Nuclear Crisis
Saminejad’s, jailed blogger, lawyer said court rejected their appeal and he is supposed to remain in prison for next ten months. ISNA, Iranian Students National Agency, has published this news (Persian). A hot issue in blogs is Seymour Hersh, investigative journalist, article and interviews that US may bomb Iran by...
Iran: Journalists Fired!
Alpar (Persian), Iran based blogger, has informed us that many journalists who work for ILNA ( Iran Labour News Agency) have been fired. It seems that there is no budget. Most journalists worked for political section of Agency.
China: Tiananmen update
Writing from her blog T-Salon, Andrea mentions an upcoming television program which will look at the identity of ‘the Tank Man'—known to many as the Tiananmen square protestor who stood his ground against a line of incoming China's People's Liberation Army tanks on June 5, 1989. “I remember it was...
China: Plagiarism in state-owned media
An previously well-respected and outspoken Chinese newspaper which was taken over by the government earlier this year has since resorted to copying stories from other publications, says Non-violent Resistance blogger uleewang. “In the same weekly section, one also finds international stories about the Jordanian queen, the smart red-haired chimpanzees of...
China: Satire in the media
Jason Li from Virtual China translates a post from Linghucong's Blog [zh] which looks at the “increasing amount of feature articles that possess a well-informed, sharp, satirical edge” seen on major Chinese portal website Netease.
Francophone Journalists who Cover Africa
Generation Consciente, Une Autre Afrique publishes (FR) a list of francophone journalists who cover Africa.
DRC: UDPS to Take Part in Election After All?
UDPS spokesperson Jn-Baptiste Bomanza made several revelations on a Congolese talk show, reports (FR) Le Blog du Congolais. Bomanza's most surprising comment waa that “[t]here will be no election without UDPS” but he also accused the president of the Electoral Commission Rev. Malu-Malu of belonging to the same party as...
Africa: Responsibilities of journalists
Yebo Gogo comments on a report in the Christian Science monitor on the responsbilities of Western journalists to help those they cover. “Where the line falls that reporters shouldn't cross has been debated as long as there have been newspapers. The ethics seem to vary by country”.
China: Media censorship
The Life After Jiangxi blogger describes life on the media-restricted Chinese mainland. “I go to these posh hotels, and watch BBCWorld and realise that the situation in Nepal is pretty serious or intense or even godforbid revolutionary. Then I come back to my normal life, with information provided by CCTV...
