Comments on: What ‘New Era?’ Counter-factual Bush Fatigue, and other notes on the Press, Obama, and China. http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955 Observations on Asia and the world by Adam Minter, an American writer in Shanghai. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:58:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ltlee http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955&cpage=1#comment-43889 ltlee Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:44:31 +0000 http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955#comment-43889 4 issues are shaping the press's coverage: black prisident, lack of achievement in the home front, balance coverge, plausible denisability Obama is the first black, paradigm breaking, president, the press does not want to criticize him as much as possible. Obama had achieved little in domestic issues, not criticizing him or criticizing him less on domestic issues means criticizing him elsewhere or the prsss will appear as unbalanced. Of course, it is also safer to criticize him on his trip to China because his lack of achievement can be construced as China's fault. 4 issues are shaping the press’s coverage: black prisident, lack of achievement in the home front, balance coverge, plausible denisability

Obama is the first black, paradigm breaking, president, the press does not want to criticize him as much as possible. Obama had achieved little in domestic issues, not criticizing him or criticizing him less on domestic issues means criticizing him elsewhere or the prsss will appear as unbalanced. Of course, it is also safer to criticize him on his trip to China because his lack of achievement can be construced as China’s fault.

]]> By: scottloar http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955&cpage=1#comment-43317 scottloar Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:41:48 +0000 http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955#comment-43317 Only time and Bush Jr.'s memoirs may prove so, but judging from GW's act of pulling around Hu Jintao on public stage and other incidents during Hu's visit to the US mentioned by the first poster, I suspect GW at the time was reciprocating conduct he received during a previous visit to China; it would certainly be true to his character and his sense of pride in the Presidency. Now it seems the Chinese are playing tit-for-tat and Obama is the untoward recipient this round. Only time and Bush Jr.’s memoirs may prove so, but judging from GW’s act of pulling around Hu Jintao on public stage and other incidents during Hu’s visit to the US mentioned by the first poster, I suspect GW at the time was reciprocating conduct he received during a previous visit to China; it would certainly be true to his character and his sense of pride in the Presidency. Now it seems the Chinese are playing tit-for-tat and Obama is the untoward recipient this round.

]]> By: Press Pool http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955&cpage=1#comment-43316 Press Pool Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:43:55 +0000 http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955#comment-43316 I saw your comment at the Fallows blog and found your blog on google. Thanks for writing this post. The White House is in damange control mode. It knows it was outfoxed in China and it knows it did a lousy job on briefings and raising expectations. Now, nstead of conceding a few mistakes along the way they're tarring the press for the screw up. I saw your comment at the Fallows blog and found your blog on google. Thanks for writing this post. The White House is in damange control mode. It knows it was outfoxed in China and it knows it did a lousy job on briefings and raising expectations. Now, nstead of conceding a few mistakes along the way they’re tarring the press for the screw up.

]]> By: Matt http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955&cpage=1#comment-43303 Matt Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:56:54 +0000 http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955#comment-43303 Anyone consider the reason Obama didn't have any accomplishments to boast about is because his backroom deals are bad for America? He was much too busy securing more debt purchasing from the Chinese than doing anything productive for us mere proles! Anyone consider the reason Obama didn’t have any accomplishments to boast about is because his backroom deals are bad for America? He was much too busy securing more debt purchasing from the Chinese than doing anything productive for us mere proles!

]]> By: Gary http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955&cpage=1#comment-43292 Gary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:51:36 +0000 http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3955#comment-43292 Do you remember when President Hu went to the White House and the band "accidentally" played the Taiwanese national anthem and then a Falun Gong supporter who just happened to "slip through" security started screaming bloody murder in front of everybody? Obama's reception in China was a toned down version of that. They screwed him to the wall face-wise. Do you remember when President Hu went to the White House and the band “accidentally” played the Taiwanese national anthem and then a Falun Gong supporter who just happened to “slip through” security started screaming bloody murder in front of everybody? Obama’s reception in China was a toned down version of that. They screwed him to the wall face-wise.

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