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Dear New York Times: WTF?

March 25, 2010
By C. Custer
Dear New York Times: WTF?

I have criticized the New York Times before, but generally, I find their writing on China to be pretty balanced, especially once you read beyond the headlines. So it was particular dismay that I read this piece, which starts poorly in the headline department and then goes south from there.
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The Trials of Being a Chinese Reporter

March 24, 2010
By C. Custer

As if being a reporter in China weren't hard enough already, the government is planning to enforce more stringent requirements to ensure that journalists "learn socialist and Marxist theories of journalism and media ethics." But even when you do become a reporter, the path is not an easy one.
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