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October 11, 2005
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Disclosing Xinhua
Although it is more and more regularly cited as a credible source - nearly one third of the news reports on China selected by Google News originate from the agency - Xinhua, the head of which has the rank of minister, is the linchpin of control of the Chinese media. By Reporters Without Borders (.pdf). posted by Enzo on 10.11.05 at 10:53 PM in the
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TrackBack URL for this entry: http://blog.mu.nu/cgi/trackback.cgi/121063 Send a manual trackback ping to this post. The Chinese Propaganda Machine Excerpt: Readers of this blog know that I have long been concerned about China’s pervasive control of its citizens’ access to media and the Internet, especially in the context of China’s support of the idea that there should be more “in... Weblog: Wallo World Tracked: October 12, 2005 11:51 AM
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The fact that Xinhua is so often ending up high in the Google ranks has very little to do with the validity of its news. Google selects according to the number of links to a source, and since a zillion media in China link to Xinhua, they get a high ranking. I do not believe it says anything about trustworthiness. posted by: Fons Tuinstra on 10.12.05 at 05:12 AM [permalink] |
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