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2006/9/20-22 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Taiwan] UID:44461 Activity:kinda low
9/20    Here is something that puzzles me.  I think it's yesterday that
        there was a protest of roughly ten thousands of people in Hunguary
        protesting their president.  This news showd up in most of the major
        US media.
        But just about a week ago, there were about 350,000 people protesting
        in Taiwan against their president. Yet this event was not covered
        by major US media at all.
        My question of the day is, why?  protest in Taiwan is about 30 times
        larger than Hunguary.  Economically and stragetically, neither Hunguary
        nor Taiwan is more significant than another.  But why such bias in
        coverage?  Is this a racial thing?  is this an attempt to play down
        the dissatisfaction Taiwan people against their president to fit US
        interest?  what do you guys think?
        \_ Actually, I'm more surprised that a 10,000 person protest in
           Hungary got covered at all.  It's probably just a blip.  Maybe
           the Hungary protest was on a slow news day, or there happened
           to be a stringer there and not at the one in Taiwan.  This sort
           of irregularity is normal in the news, nobody's perfect.
        \_ Quite often I hear about a certain event on KCBS AM 740 radio, and
           \_ It was the circumstances that prompted the Hungarian protest
              that were newsworthy. From the BBC:
              "The latest protests were sparked by Mr Gyurcsany's remarkable
               admission that his government had lied in order to win victory
               in the general election in April, and had achieved nothing in
               its past four years in office."
              http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5363138.stm
              Also, they're burning things in Hungary. They marched loudly but
              mostly peacefully in Taiwan.
        \_ Sometimes I hear about a certain event on KCBS AM 740 radio, and
           then the same event doesn't appear on Yahoo! front page until
           three or four days later.  Sometimes it's the other way round.  The
           most recent example I remember is some announcement about the SF
           hydro-electric project.
           three or four days later.  Sometimes it's the other way round.
        \_ What else was going on a week ago?  I think this stuff only surfaces
           on 'slow news days'
        \_ Of course it is biased. I didn't even know about the
           protest until you mentioned it. You'll bet your ass that if
           there is a 100 person protest in China, it'll be covered in
           every front page of every major US media. You must realize,
           that one dissident in China who got sent to prison is more
           important for the average US citizen to know than the 350k
           people protest in the "Democratic Paradise Society of
           Taiwan".
        \_ I think one reason is that the protests in Taiwan are anti-Chen
           protests which are unlikely to spark conflicts between Mainland
           China and Taiwan.  On the other hand, if they were pro-Chen
           protests, they were more likely to spark conflicts and would get
           more US mainstream media coverage.  Protests like these, whether
           anti-Chen or pro-Chen, gets the same top-story coverage in Chinese
           media like Chinese newscast on Ch26.
           \_ I am talking about mainstream media such as CNN, etc.
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Printable version Hungary's troubled PM vows to stay By Nick Thorpe BBC News, Budapest Protesters in Budapest early on Wednesday 20 September Dozens were reportedly injured during Tuesday's clashes After two days of sometimes violent street protest in Budapest, Hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany remains adamant that he will not resign. The latest protests were sparked by Mr Gyurcsany's remarkable admission that his government had lied in order to win victory in the general election in April, and had achieved nothing in its past four years in office. Five parliamentary parties reached a rare agreement on one subject at least, adopting on Tuesday a declaration condemning the previous night's violence at Hungarian TV headquarters, in which more than 100 people were injured, many of them policemen. "Hungary needs the telling of the truth, honesty, decency, calmness and order," read the final text. Mr Gyurcsany was also at pains to personally condemn the violence, describing it as "not a revolution... File photo Mr Gyurcsany has vowed to continue reforms The 45-year-old-former leader of KISZ, the Young Communist League, became one of Hungary's wealthiest businessmen in the 1990s, then with a mixture of burning ambition and political tact, nudged aside other challengers to replace the lacklustre Peter Medgyessy - also a millionaire - as Socialist prime minister in the summer of 2004. Modelling himself on Britain's Tony Blair, he set about shaking up the Socialists - something which has gone well for him so long as he wins elections. His crowning triumph was the general election victory in May this year - the first incumbent government to win re-election in the 16 years since parliamentary democracy was restored. Resignation calls Since then, he has been forced by the dire state of the Hungarian economy - which has the largest budget deficit among the 25 member states of the EU - to introduce a raft of tough economic measures. Economic woes fuel unrest These include the introduction of fees for health care and university tuition. One of many mysteries in Hungary at the moment is why riot police allowed violent elements on the fringe of Monday night's protest free rein - to ransack the ground floor of the TV building, and wreck cars and police vehicles outside. One theory advanced by some analysts, is that the violence was actually useful to the prime minister, distracting public attention from his own confession of dishonesty. The leader of the conservative opposition party, Fidesz, Viktor Orban, has said that Mr Gyurcsany's fate should be decided by the voters - in the 1 October local elections. If his party suffers a heavy defeat, as opinion polls predict, Mr Orban has said the Socialist party should find someone to replace him. With that comment, Mr Orban carefully distanced himself from the street protests, and made clear that the opposition is not calling for new elections. Just for the Socialists to come up with a new prime minister.