New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is an unabashed fanboy of the Chinese government and their hi-speed trains. He writes column after column extolling the genius of the first and the efficiency of the latter.
Should the liberal lunatic stumble upon IHateTheMedia.com, we would suggest that he skip this story.
The Telegraph UK has the details:
Chinese officials have instructed the media not to sensationalise the accident, and fresh instructions sent to reporters yesterday said: “Do not report the accident too frequently. Report moving stories about people donating blood or taxi drivers not taking fares from victims. Do not investigate the cause of the accident.”
The instructions added: “The name of the Wenzhou accident will be ‘The 23 July Wenzhou Line Railway Accident’. From now on, use the headline: ‘Great Love in the Face of Great Tragedy’. On television, provide the relevant information, but be careful of the music used.”
Great idea. From now on we will not use the term “debt ceiling fiasco.” Instead we will call it “Great Love in the Face of Great Stupidity.”
Source: Telegraph UK
This post was last modified on August 1, 2011
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At least China's train wreck is confined to a track. Here in Trainwreckovery Summer-II, it's everywhere.
Speaking of terms like: “debt ceiling fiasco.”, I now offer you this one: "crapture" -- any of Obama's phony deadline dates -- as in "It's the day after the crapture, and Obama was left behind"
Isn't Obama's PR team overworked trying to re-elect The Greatest President who never was AND save high speed rail in China?
Wouldn't Sock Puppet love to have a media mouthpiece that was as obliging and compliant?
Oh wait, he does.
Hey, 4 more years of Obama, and that will be the story about high speed rail in the US.
WOW! Does THAT sound like anyone to you guys? That is sort of like the Obama Admin telling FoxNews to report that everything is ok, here folks. Move along.
Official Chinese government response: "Did I do that?" (get the Erkle whininess here) "Here's $5 million yuan for your loss." (about $485 dollars US) "No, you can't sue the state!" (seems to be the official position in any language)
Over here, our 'journalists' know what to write without having to wait for instructions from the government. Aren't we advanced?
It's almost comforting to know that they are providing sub-standard junk for their own people as well as just shipping it to the U.S.
Spin?