Shanghaiist: BBC still getting it wrong after Oasis story correction

Dragon32

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:23:08 +0800

Can't be that hard, it's all copy and paste nowadays anyway!

gb

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:53:25 +0800

Am I reading this correctly? Shanghaiist is starting to take on the BBC for journalistic credibility? Wow.

taihanasie

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:50:37 +0800

What makes you think that newswire reporters have in-depth local knowledge? Just because an article is about China and bears the name of a newswire doesn't mean the writer is a specialist.

jzzzzzzz

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:38:27 +0800

They have edited the story and added a correction now: 'Correction 4 March 2009: An earlier version of this story wrongly reported that Bjork had shouted "Free Tibet!" during a Shanghai concert in 2008, and that this had gone unreported by the state-controlled Chinese media. '

rldh

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:18:06 +0800

Yeah, dammit, if only the BBC gave a few more Shanghaiist writers jobs. Curse those paid so-called 'real' reporters, getting their facts wrong about China, not having all that in depth local knowledge we local laowais have. I mean, we would never...hey, look, another cool sandwich delivery shop opened!!!

taihanasie

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:59:55 +0800

You are clearly not paying attention or trying to distort the problem. This isn't a case of lying. It is a case of carelessness. The fact that the BBC removed the bit about Bjork's utterance being unreported in Chinese media shows that they are not following a "lie about China" agenda. I long for the day when wire services start to actually promote thoughtful writing instead of cribbed stories.

BBC1

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:15:40 +0800

Western media is no different from Chinese media, they will lie if it serves their cause, like demonizing China.

yan

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:51:20 +0800

According to the Chinese promoters, they had to pull out due to economic issues... I saw an article about this on Renmin Ri Bao yesterday but couldn't find it today. I guess it got Big Brothered.