This passage raised by eyebrows for its rather obvious parallel to the situation at the VOA and USAGM here…
"Editorial independence is enshrined in RTHK’s charter. But unlike the United States or Britain, where public broadcasting is given greater autonomy from the government through nonprofit corporations, RTHK is a government department, which makes it far more vulnerable to official intervention.” The VOA, too, has a charter. And it is part of a government department, not a nonprofit corporation. And it may indeed prove be vulnerable, once again, to official intervention. It’s happened before and it appears to be happening now, but it should never happen. > On Jul 8, 2020, at 9:00 PM, John A. Figliozzi <[email protected]> wrote: > > For those unaware, RTHK3 — the network’s English language channel — has stood > in sharp contrast to CRI for its factual journalistic coverage of Hong Kong > principally but also at times of mainland China. The station can be heard > over the Internet by overseas listeners and I’ve been a regular listener for > years. Sadly, that important and singular source appears to be drying up as > Beijing tightens the noose around Hong Kong’s freedoms — freedoms the Chinese > promised to respect until at least 2049 under its agreement with the UK at > handover. > > China’s Leash on Hong Kong Tightens, Choking a Broadcaster > https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/world/asia/hong-kong-security-china-media.html?referringSource=articleShare > > John a Figliozzi > _______________________________________________ > Internetradio mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
