Comments on: WSJ does an NYT http://www.jasonpatent.com/2009/11/18/wsj-does-an-nyt/ Success in China Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:18:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jason Patent http://www.jasonpatent.com/2009/11/18/wsj-does-an-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Jason Patent Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:59:35 +0000 http://www.jasonpatent.com/?p=1030#comment-278 Yes indeed. I see now that I wasn't clear about that. Yes indeed. I see now that I wasn’t clear about that.

]]> By: ZH http://www.jasonpatent.com/2009/11/18/wsj-does-an-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-277 ZH Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:22:28 +0000 http://www.jasonpatent.com/?p=1030#comment-277 I see. The fourth paragraph itself isn't the problem; it's that the rest of the article focuses only on what's mentioned in the fourth paragraph, and contains no elaboration on the substantive points mentioned in the second and third paragraphs. Is that a fair assessment? I see. The fourth paragraph itself isn’t the problem; it’s that the rest of the article focuses only on what’s mentioned in the fourth paragraph, and contains no elaboration on the substantive points mentioned in the second and third paragraphs. Is that a fair assessment?

]]> By: Jason Patent http://www.jasonpatent.com/2009/11/18/wsj-does-an-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Jason Patent Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:46:53 +0000 http://www.jasonpatent.com/?p=1030#comment-276 Point well taken. Reporters need to report; no problem. Did you have a chance to read the article? After the quoted paragraph, the article ceases to be about substantive issues having to do with U.S. – China relations, instead drifting off into a discussion of the limitations places on Obama's communications with the Chinese people. And for that, I do fault the WSJ. I also elaborate a bit on these issues in the <a href="http://www.jasonpatent.com/2009/11/19/my-way/" rel="nofollow">next post</a>, if you'd like to see more about the roots of my beef. Point well taken. Reporters need to report; no problem.

Did you have a chance to read the article? After the quoted paragraph, the article ceases to be about substantive issues having to do with U.S. – China relations, instead drifting off into a discussion of the limitations places on Obama’s communications with the Chinese people. And for that, I do fault the WSJ.

I also elaborate a bit on these issues in the next post, if you’d like to see more about the roots of my beef.

]]> By: ZH http://www.jasonpatent.com/2009/11/18/wsj-does-an-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-275 ZH Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:15:30 +0000 http://www.jasonpatent.com/?p=1030#comment-275 I understand your general point about what appears to be an excessive Western emphasis on human rights issues in China, to the exclusion of many other important and noteworthy issues. But I don't understand what there is to criticize in the WSJ news article. The article is about what Obama and Hu said in their prepared statements. The WSJ's report is accurate, isn't it? Why aren't Obama's statements on human rights worth reporting? Should the WSJ be refusing to report Obama's statements on some topics and only report his statements on other topics? Perhaps your complaint is really with Obama himself rather than the WSJ, for raising the issue in such a way that it makes news? Or with the attitudes in the US that force Obama to raise the issue? I understand your general point about what appears to be an excessive Western emphasis on human rights issues in China, to the exclusion of many other important and noteworthy issues. But I don’t understand what there is to criticize in the WSJ news article. The article is about what Obama and Hu said in their prepared statements. The WSJ’s report is accurate, isn’t it? Why aren’t Obama’s statements on human rights worth reporting? Should the WSJ be refusing to report Obama’s statements on some topics and only report his statements on other topics? Perhaps your complaint is really with Obama himself rather than the WSJ, for raising the issue in such a way that it makes news? Or with the attitudes in the US that force Obama to raise the issue?

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