Examples of MSM talking their book

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This is probably shooting fish in a barrel, but I saw a particularly egregious example this past weekend.

I was in DC for some work, and was exposed to the Washington Post. I've never respected this publication primarily due to its editor, Fred Hiatt, but browsed through it since I was there (and it was free).

After seeing this Counterpunch article - everything became clear...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/06/...shington-post/

Fred Hiatt wrote a column for The Washington Post titled “Will Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese dream’ include the rule of law?” Irony is officially dead.


Hiatt, for those who don’t know, is the editorial page editor at the Post, and someone who lives and breathes for war. Not in the sense that he has ever volunteered to go fight in one, of course. That’s for Other People to do. Hiatt prefers to fight the good fight from his comfortable D.C. office. There’s much more money and prestige in doing it that way.

What did I see? Included in that edition of the Washington Post was a 'special advertising supplement' which was 4 pages of the China Daily. For those who don't know, the China Daily is essentially the Taiwan newspaper - it even says Republic of China (vs. the mainland's People's Republic of China).

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Re: Examples of MSM talking their book

Some of my relatives still subscribe to the print version of the Boston Globe (which is owned by the New York Times Co.). A recent Sunday edition of the newspaper included a China Daily section. I was very surprised to see this, but quickly forgot about it. Your post jarred my memory. And here we are:

http://www.boston.com/ae/media/artic...ush_in_boston/

The English-language newspaper China Daily, produced by the Chinese government, recently began printing in Boston. The city is one of nine US markets and 11 overall internationally where the publication has been printed and distributed since it launched a weekday US edition in 2009. China Daily has entered an agreement with The Boston Globe to print and manage the distribution of free, sample copies of their newspaper in the greater Boston area.



http://www.freedomhouse.org/article/...in-issue-no-40

Chinese state-run daily pays way into U.S. papers

In recent weeks, China's state-run English newspaper China Daily has been appearing as a free insert in copies of the Boston Globe, which is owned by the New York Times Company. Analysts said the Boston area was being targeted due to its large number of scholars, students, and professionals with links to or an interest in China. A Globe spokesperson said the paper was distributing the "local version" of China Daily as part of a four-week promotional campaign. The state-run daily, which is widely regarded as a propaganda vehicle, claims a total circulation of 150,000 copies in the United States, and is produced in eight U.S. cities. Subscriptions to China Daily cost Boston readers $99 a year for weekday editions, and $49 annually for the weekend edition. In another notable relationship with a U.S. paper, China Daily produces a regular "paid supplement" for the Washington Post and its website.

* Boston Globe 11/15/2011: Chinese newspaper makes a push in Boston <http://bostonglobe.com/business/2011/11/15/chinese-newspaper-makes-push-...
* China Daily on Washington Post website <http://chinawatch.washingtonpost.com>