Washington Post Still Avoiding Describing Chinese Dissident Chen As a 'Human Rights Activist'
In the domain of what properly constitutes human rights issues, forced abortions and sterilizations have to fall in that category. So why isn't the Washington Post describing Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng as a "human rights activist"?
In two stories packaged side-by-side on page A9 of the May 8 paper, the Post's Andrew Higgins and Keith B. Richburg failed to use the term to describe Chen. Higgins tagged Chen a "blind activist," as in an activist who is blind, not an activist for the blind, but the term could confuse casual readers unfamiliar with Chen's plight. Richburg opened his story by tagging Chen as "the self-taught lawyer who has become the center of a diplomatic crisis between the United States and China."
What's more, while at least Higgins made note of the fact that Chen had been protesting forced abortions; nowhere in Richburg's article was that fact mentioned.
You may recall that last week, Washington Examiner's Tim Carney noticed that the Post was reluctant to go into detail about how Chen was in trouble with Chinese authorities for having "exposed the horrors of China’s one-child policy, including forced abortions and forced sterilizations."
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they got our money
Submitted by frank_andrini on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 4:22pm.
The MSM cannot anger their Chinese masters. After all- look at how much of our money and debt China controls.
How about this: we negotiate a deal with the original inhabitants of North America and hand the country over to the Indians. They put US(A) on the Gold Standard and tell China where they can shove the debt and LD containers full of $100 bills.
Then they give us back the country. Of course they could charge a fee for such a service after all we are not communists.
Because abortions on both sides of the Pacific, is a sacred rite
Submitted by upcountrywater on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 5:01pm.
Of course it's 3 strikes and you are out.
Christian
Hates Commies
Hates planned parenthood.
And yes he was scared off hopping on an aircraft.
You Didn't Build That.
Kern County detainees
Submitted by frank_andrini on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 8:57am.
Does anyone remember the Chinese women that were held FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITHOUT CHARGES BEING FILED in the 90's? They had escape forced abortions in China only to be turned back over to Chinese authorities by our State Department. In America- land of the free and home of the brave.
Frank,So Clinton had previous experience,with abortion haters.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 1:23pm.
We shouldn't worry our self's over this issue now , everything's going to be just fine.....just fine.....
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration had feared a standoff over Chen's fate could sour ties with China and kindle criticism of Obama's policies.
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