Comments on: Scathing http://pursuingholiness.com/2009/07/scathing/ pursuing holiness, following politics Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:20:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura http://pursuingholiness.com/2009/07/scathing/comment-page-1/#comment-70600 Laura Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:16:50 +0000 http://pursuingholiness.com/?p=6192#comment-70600 "great in comparison to China," sheesh, talk about damning with faint praise. :-) But Tom, do you mean now they're presenting war info in a friendly, fluffy way? During the Bush administration war reporting was negative to the point of dishonesty - Chrenkoff garnered a huge following just by compiling positive info that the media tended to suppress by putting the most negative info front and center, and positive info near the end. I hadn't heard about the media crackdown in China - what reasoning do you think is behind it? Related to the Uighur riots? “great in comparison to China,” sheesh, talk about damning with faint praise. :-)

But Tom, do you mean now they’re presenting war info in a friendly, fluffy way? During the Bush administration war reporting was negative to the point of dishonesty – Chrenkoff garnered a huge following just by compiling positive info that the media tended to suppress by putting the most negative info front and center, and positive info near the end.

I hadn’t heard about the media crackdown in China – what reasoning do you think is behind it? Related to the Uighur riots?

]]> By: Tom Gurney http://pursuingholiness.com/2009/07/scathing/comment-page-1/#comment-70558 Tom Gurney Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:20:25 +0000 http://pursuingholiness.com/?p=6192#comment-70558 I think the US press is slightly pressured to not report the negatives of war too often and sometimes seems to present it in a fluffy, friendly way to avoid the realities of it. The internet seems to be the best way to get real ideas on what is happening. I am not trying to be too critical of the US, though. Its great in comparison to China, where i currently live. Many social communities have been shut down this week and my girlfriend's comments on a chinese blog were removed. Crazy, and very boring! .-= Tom Gurney´s last blog ..<a href="http://art150.com/mondrian/piet-mondrian-art-mondrian-prints-paintings-posters/" rel="nofollow">Piet Mondrian Art – Mondrian Prints, Paintings & Posters</a> =-. I think the US press is slightly pressured to not report the negatives of war too often and sometimes seems to present it in a fluffy, friendly way to avoid the realities of it. The internet seems to be the best way to get real ideas on what is happening. I am not trying to be too critical of the US, though. Its great in comparison to China, where i currently live. Many social communities have been shut down this week and my girlfriend’s comments on a chinese blog were removed. Crazy, and very boring!
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