Despite the failings of the world, censorship (or selective reporting, it seems) is alive and well in the PRC press: In a rush? For a quick synopsis, just read the red highlighted lines. ...And from the ever popular Epoch Times: -rockon Make mine a size 11D... -bowroflarms
I don't know about censorship, but this wasn't as much broadcasted/reported in the news sites as much as when a shoe was thrown at Bush.
For critics of the PRC, this is emblematic of the dearth of coverage of anything deemed as politically negative. Aside from the shoe throwing (the act of which seems to have become the latest fad in expression of political discontent) inside Cambridge's halls, outside were placard carrying protesters denouncing the PRC's continued involvement in Tibet. These sorts of anti PRC government protests are, as a rule, never broadcast in China. The equivalent would be if the Bush shoe throwing incident happened in Iraq, and US media was not allowed to report on it. In my view, that is blatant censorship, which is qualitatively different from a choice of not to broadcast. Say, if there were traffic accidents in Britain during the day that the Chinese Prime Minister visited; the Chinese press knew about it, but chose not to report on it because they considered it to be of little news value, then it could be said that it was simply not aired. But when a news organization is instructed by PRC government officials specifically NOT to air something, then that is censorship. A shoe being thrown at the PRC's Prime Minister; is that news worthy? In my view, it certainly is. So either the news agencies in China don't know news when they see it, or they were strong armed into not reporting on it, ie censorship. That said, I wonder what other form of protest is there going to be next? Shall we throw our smelly socks too? LOL... Political expressionism, I love it. headbang2
