Comments on: Anti-CNN Spokesman Shaun Rein

By: The myth of bad local officials, good central government » The Peking Duck

The myth of bad local officials, good central government » The Peking Duck — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:38:25 +0000

[...] “a single local official” and the central government couldn’t be blamed for it. I wrote about one such pundit who made the “one local official” argument: “Think about that. The CCP can be off the hook for anything that doesn’t happen within [...]

By: Shaun Rein’s revenge » The Peking Duck

Shaun Rein’s revenge » The Peking Duck — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:00:15 +0000

[...] water for the CCP. If you aren’t familiar with my coverage of Rein you can find the posts here, here and here. I am not alone in calling Rein out as a blatant apologist. China Law Blog, Modern [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:50:52 +0000

It is obvious that this guy has some personal self interest to protect the Communists,this case is truly black and white and no grey are is involvedd.

Anyway,the world is full of such people.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:17:18 +0000

Sorry Sam, I felt this comment went too far and was to personal. Also, the link you included didn’t work.

Richard

By: ricepaddy

ricepaddy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:19:39 +0000

I heard Shaun Rein on the Money for Nothing show on RTHK the other morning….Did he mention his book? Did he what?

By: Tha badness of Shaun Rein » The Peking Duck

Tha badness of Shaun Rein » The Peking Duck — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:30:00 +0000

[...] days ago my good friend Lisa left a comment on my last post about Shaun Rein’s lie that “had no idea” about the case of Chen Guangcheng, [...]

By: Other Lisa

Other Lisa — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:34:12 +0000

@allroads: With regard to Other Lisa/ Richard comments, let’s just say that I am of a different opinion. There are lines that exist, and as Adam mentioned on the China Geeks, this crossed the line (and he is a respected journalist). Again, I never commented on the "lines" that may have been crossed, or not, in this case. I was not talking about CNN's journalistic ethics. You inferred an argument that I didn't actually make and did not engage with the argument that I did make. Which I'll just repeat, for expediency:

As for Shaun Rein? Sheesh. The bottom line is, the guy claims to be a China expert and then claims that he’s never heard of CGC and criticizes CNN for its conduct — saying that he’s never heard of CGC is ridiculous enough. Criticizing a news organization for its conduct in a case he claims to know nothing about is absurdity squared. The news organization most deserving of criticism here is the one employing this know-nothing.

By: Unbiasing the Media | The Pacific Bull Moose

Unbiasing the Media | The Pacific Bull Moose — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:32:36 +0000

[...] getting involved in a long discussion on The Peking Duck about journalism and bias, I realize that we too often miss the point about the role of the media in [...]

By: allroads

allroads — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:46:24 +0000

@SK – Like I said, it is an observation based on my experience in China.. and I am not the only one as both Adam M and David Bandurski comments on the piece based on their experience as journalists.

@Tim – Your comments on Forbes, and comments on analysis of China, are valid. I have seen some pieces on the later, but to date I have only seen it taken up by bloggers. Perhaps that could be the subject for a piece here or on China Geeks

@Richard – Consider it dropped.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:52:24 +0000

CNN has already done programs on Chen’s activism as well as his detention back in February. This story, was about Bale visiting Chen. There was no other content as Bale could not meet Chen. You may not find that news worthy, and we can argue the value of celebrities taking up a cause, it certainly has caused quite a discussion here; however I am at a loss to understand the controversy here. China’s heavy handed way of obfuscating uncomfortable truths is prêt-à-porter sensationalism for the foreign press. It appears almost staged (it may even appear to be unfair to take advantage of those poor unsuspecting thugs) but that is simply bad management of the press by the government.

What concerns me the most about this article is that there is little critical evaluation outside the China blogosphere of the analysis/opeds that passes as insights into China. Forbes has never appeared to me to be a very sophisticated business magazine but you do not need experience in China to catch the thinly veiled bias that informs this article. Has Forbes’ bar always been kept at mediocrity?