Dish and Turner are in a “Did, too” “Did not” pi$$ing contest over money (what else?). MSNBC is in the CNN slot, with Al Jazeera taking HLN’s channel. Glenn Beck’s BLAZE has a spot somewhere in the neighborhood, but he and his minions are certifiably nutso crazy and do not win a stop when the remote is activated. The lineup shuffle has brought about a good opportunity for comparison, thusly:
MSNBC and RT are equally propagandist, as well as meeting no standards for professional journalism. CCTV continues to use on-camera reporters who speak English words and phrases, but the reportage often indicates the reporters do not know what the words mean. RT is less obviously government dominated than is CCTV, but you know RT would not be so anti-West if not for some Putinists or former Commies involved somewhere. FOX has its blonds and blondes and retains a fondness for making stories out of nothing.
And TV and newspapers wonder why so many people get news and opinions from the internet. (Of course, it helps greatly if one has at least a bit of critical thinking, as well as the ability to spot BS.)
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Sunday, November 9, 2014
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Government orders markets to buy cabbage
A segment of a CCTV program on migrant workers in China focused on a young woman whose father could not sell his cabbage crop. The young woman posted on Sina Weibo her father’s decision to give away the cabbage, rather than see the crop rot in the field.
Her post eventually became known to a provincial official who, a reporter said, ordered markets to buy cabbage from the farmer. Markets did not buy all the cabbage, so much did rot, but government had shown itself interested in the welfare of an individual farmer.
That decision was seen as a good thing by the CCTV reporter, by the young woman and by the father. The reporter and the young woman also said the government official’s decision was an indication of the power of a social network.
In closing the program on migrant workers, the CCTV reporter mentioned plans to induce half the rural population to move to cities. You have to wonder – Who’s going to feed the urban people?
Her post eventually became known to a provincial official who, a reporter said, ordered markets to buy cabbage from the farmer. Markets did not buy all the cabbage, so much did rot, but government had shown itself interested in the welfare of an individual farmer.
That decision was seen as a good thing by the CCTV reporter, by the young woman and by the father. The reporter and the young woman also said the government official’s decision was an indication of the power of a social network.
In closing the program on migrant workers, the CCTV reporter mentioned plans to induce half the rural population to move to cities. You have to wonder – Who’s going to feed the urban people?
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