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DeltaV
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Did this make it into a US prime-time news report?

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I don't recall seeing anything about it here.

Bo Xilai case shines light on corruption in China
The extraordinary political scandal unfolding at the top of the party – the suspected murder of the Briton Neil Heywood by the wife of the top leader Bo Xilai – is unprecedented.
Neil Heywood may have threatened to expose Gu Kailai's dealings
Chinese police investigating the death of the British businessman Neil Heywood believe he was murdered after threatening to expose a plan by Chinese leader Bo Xilai's wife to move money overseas, sources have said.

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Re: Did this make it into a US prime-time news report?

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DeltaV wrote:I don't recall seeing anything about it here.

Bo Xilai case shines light on corruption in China
The extraordinary political scandal unfolding at the top of the party – the suspected murder of the Briton Neil Heywood by the wife of the top leader Bo Xilai – is unprecedented.
Neil Heywood may have threatened to expose Gu Kailai's dealings
Chinese police investigating the death of the British businessman Neil Heywood believe he was murdered after threatening to expose a plan by Chinese leader Bo Xilai's wife to move money overseas, sources have said.
As you can imagine, we have had very extensive coverage of this. China does have trouble with corruption. Interestingly when this is local officials it can be dealt with, and is often so. Central government wants China to be cleaner, ans has the power and inclination to make examples of the offenders.

Which is not to say there is no corruption at central government level.

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Re: Did this make it into a US prime-time news report?

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DeltaV wrote:I don't recall seeing anything about it here.

Bo Xilai case shines light on corruption in China
The extraordinary political scandal unfolding at the top of the party – the suspected murder of the Briton Neil Heywood by the wife of the top leader Bo Xilai – is unprecedented.
Neil Heywood may have threatened to expose Gu Kailai's dealings
Chinese police investigating the death of the British businessman Neil Heywood believe he was murdered after threatening to expose a plan by Chinese leader Bo Xilai's wife to move money overseas, sources have said.
Saw it nowhere.
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Re: Did this make it into a US prime-time news report?

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djolds1 wrote:
DeltaV wrote:I don't recall seeing anything about it here.

Bo Xilai case shines light on corruption in China
The extraordinary political scandal unfolding at the top of the party – the suspected murder of the Briton Neil Heywood by the wife of the top leader Bo Xilai – is unprecedented.
Neil Heywood may have threatened to expose Gu Kailai's dealings
Chinese police investigating the death of the British businessman Neil Heywood believe he was murdered after threatening to expose a plan by Chinese leader Bo Xilai's wife to move money overseas, sources have said.
Saw it nowhere.
I saw it in the blogosphere, rumors of an attempted coup and the cretin using his influence over the army to try to intimidate the central committee with tanks rumbling around Peking....

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Possible civil war in China?

Pffffaaaah! Why would that merit US prime time? Give us the Kardashians and American Idol!

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I've seen a number of articles about it—all online, but in some rather mainstream U.S. sources, including Yahoo! News and the Wall Street Journal, if I recall correctly. The story has been unfolding rather gradually. I haven't seen any evidence that it's big news in China, but that may not mean anything. I don't doubt that there's plenty of Internet chatter about it. As for the rumors of an attempted coup: they're only Internet rumors as far as most of us know. And if they were more than rumors, I don't think we'll know about that for a long time, if ever.
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DeltaV wrote:Possible civil war in China?

Pffffaaaah! Why would that merit US prime time? Give us the Kardashians and American Idol!

Yes, the American Media is basically incompetent at covering anything of real importance. Bread and Circuses.
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I don't get cable at present, but I do keep MHz programmed on the over-air receiver. Sometimes you just have to channel-surf the foriegn news to realize what the US media don't follow.

The number of wars being fought that we don't even know about here should be an eye-opener. If it is not on the US media pet list, you just don't here about it. BBC may cover it.

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It flows as free as the market demands it.

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Hey.. So much for information being free :D
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NPR ran a story on it ( http://www.npr.org/2012/04/18/150859101 ... al-scandal ). I want to say I heard it Friday evening? So yes, there was coverage, but it's not been hugely publicized.

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Re: It flows as free as the market demands it.

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I did see a quick 30 sec (or less) blurb about it on CNN on friday. I didn't hear anything because we have the TV muted here at work, however, so I don't know if I just missed any additional coverage it may have garnered.
Betruger wrote:Hey.. So much for information being free :D
Oh, its definitely free. The problem is that some of it doesn't generate a profit, so it doesn't get covered. :?

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Playing with words.. It's free; but what if no one's buyin?
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