Internet users are organising online protests against CNN over commentator Jack Cafferty’s description of the Beijing government as “goons and thugs”, while there have been street demonstrations in Washington and in Los Angeles. The focus on CNN is remarkable as most Chinese people cannot watch the channel because it is available only in compounds where foreigners live and in a few hotels.
“We don’t have the right to watch CNN but we have the right to reject it,”…
China’s cheerleaders take to the streets - World Politics, World - The Independent
To be fair, all media has its bias (for instance the Chinese media has concentrate on the protestor trying to grab the torch out of the hands of a wheelchair bound touchbarer in France; whereas it’s only slightly mentioned in the papers that I have read), but what?
