News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters. Parent comment

Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by ddeck on Thursday June 13, 2019 @12:48AM (#20171872)
The Taiwan government had already mentioned back in March that they would not accept the bill, would potentially issue a travel alert on HK if it were passed, and that their requests to the Kong Kong government for assistance in the murder had been ignored three times.

The article selections put forwrad may not be ideal, but the point regarding the SCMP remains. I appreciate that as a writer you likely strive to present the truth in a balanced way, but the reality of the ownership structure of the SCMP cannot be ignored.

Let's not forget the Zhao Wei interview, the Gui Minhai interview, and the various SCMP staff/contributor resignations over exactly this issue. To quote one:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-...

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/11/13/i-will-no-longer-write...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters by alanwong on Thursday June 13, 2019 @05:56AM (#20173158)
Totally not ignoring the ownership structure of the SCMP. As I said earlier in another comment in this thread, following the money is almost always a good idea. But I invite readers to decide for themselves by examining the goods, not just the money behind it. This applies to every publication that has an owner or a leader.

I appreciate that you acknowledged the comparison wasn't ideal.

Zhao Wei, Gui Minhai, and staff resignations are all issues people have raised over and over again, and I think the scrutiny is justified. I wasn't around when those things happened, though, so I don't know more than you do.

Thank you for taking the time to explain your reasoning.

[ Parent | on HN ]