Social Media in China
Posted in Bullshit Detection on Apr 24th, 2008
Sie begreifen es einfach nicht. Die Bürosessel-Korrespondenten bei Spiegel Online können sich einfach nicht vorstellen, dass nicht alle Chinesen entweder unterdrückt oder von ihrer Regierung ferngesteuerte Roboter sind. Und dass ausgerechnet ihre eigene strunzdumme Berichterstattung zu jenem gewaltigen Schub an Nationalismus, jenem Schulterschluss mit dem ‘Regime’ beiträgt, den wir in den letzten Wochen in China […]
Posted in Bullshit Detection on Apr 13th, 2008
Just found another voice of reason in the German media subculture: “Spiegelfechter” Jens Berger (I guess the title of his blog is not meant to be addressed against my favorite tabloid magazine/website – at least not primarily… 🙂 ) has also put some effort in debunking the “chinese killer robots” myth (cf. here). Additionally, he […]
Posted in Bullshit Detection on Apr 9th, 2008
There are few things more disturbing than the taking over of politics by uninformed emotion. One thing that actually is more disturbing is when media are using and inciting such take-over for their own cheap profit. I had hardly caught my breath again after Spiegel Online’s last, mildly put: questionable spin of the ongoing Tibet […]