Thursday 27 June 2013

"All The News Fit Not To Print"

"I won’t bother to pitch this during the news meeting today, as my employer doesn’t give a rat’s ass..."
J.M. Cole uses his blog for the second time to air news relating to the intimidation campaign against Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong; this time one of his "Apple Daily" delivery trucks was set on fire. The managing editor of the Taipei Times apparently refused to print the previous story about thugs crashing a car into the gates of Jimmy Lai's mansion.

But of course anyone paying attention to what does and does not get published in the Taipei Times will have some idea what the priorities of the managing editor are...

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