Reporter fired for revealing that Bloomberg News sells out to the Chinese government. - Polidicks

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/world/asia/bloomberg-news-is-said-to-curb-articles-that-might-anger-china.html[/url] [url]http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/11/michael-forsythe-out-at-bloomberg-news-177855.html[/url] [QUOTE]BEIJING — The decision came in an early evening call to four journalists huddled in a Hong Kong conference room. On the line 12 time zones away in New York was their boss, Matthew Winkler, the longtime editor in chief of Bloomberg News. And they were frustrated by what he was telling them. The investigative report they had been working on for the better part of a year, which detailed the hidden financial ties between one of the wealthiest men in China and the families of top Chinese leaders, would not be published. In the call late last month, Mr. Winkler defended his decision, comparing it to the self-censorship by foreign news bureaus trying to preserve their ability to report inside Nazi-era Germany, according to Bloomberg employees familiar with the discussion. “He said, ‘If we run the story, we’ll be kicked out of China,’ ” one of the employees said. Less than a week later, a second article, about the children of senior Chinese officials employed by foreign banks, was also declared dead, employees said. Mr. Winkler said in an email on Friday that the articles in question were not killed. “What you have is untrue,” he said. “The stories are active and not spiked.” ...As the article on Mr. Xi’s family was published, in June 2012, Chinese officials ordered the Bloomberg News website blocked. Today, it remains inaccessible on Chinese servers. No Bloomberg journalist trying to enter China on a new long-term assignment has received a residency visa.[/QUOTE] Gotta respect the passion alot of journalists have for their profession. This kind of stuff has been going on for years, especially with the New York Times.

Rated it winner, because this guy showed some integrity.

Forsythe and Oster wrote the article and there's no mention of them in your post. Winkler and Kaufman were the ones telling the reporters not to run the story. This title is also pretty unrelated to the actual article's intent or title. [B]e:[/B] Forsythe getting fired is in the second source, which you didn't quote. Might want to add that to save some confusion.

It's funny, they cite the reason for the censorship as "not being able to report anymore", so basically, journalistic integrity, to violate the very integrity they want to keep up.

[QUOTE=Super Muffin;42970284] [B]e:[/B] Forsythe getting fired is in the second source, which you didn't quote. Might want to add that to save some confusion.[/QUOTE] Editing is a bit strange for some reason. Its really disturbing that western media outlets are fine with not reporting atrocities like how the government is harvesting the organs of living dissidents.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42971181]Editing is a bit strange for some reason. Its really disturbing that western media outlets are fine with not reporting atrocities like how the government is harvesting the organs of living dissidents.[/QUOTE] ok

[QUOTE=OrDnAs;42972087]ok[/QUOTE] you know the bodies exhibits that go around with those plasticised people? if you look closely you'll see that most of them are asian.... most of them actually come out of china..... what sucks is this probably killed their business in china now that the goverment is targeting them.

[QUOTE=OrDnAs;42972087]ok[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Falun_Gong#Organ_harvesting[/url]

[QUOTE=Sableye;42972544]you know the bodies exhibits that go around with those plasticised people? if you look closely you'll see that most of them are asian.... most of them actually come out of china..... what sucks is this probably killed their business in china now that the goverment is targeting them.[/QUOTE] Hmm.. [thumb]http://i42.tinypic.com/2mxkxk.jpg[/thumb] Yep! Looks Chinese to me.