Uh Oh, Columbia University School of Journalism to Face Massive Influx
March 11th, 2010 at 12:01 pm by CrankyNew students will be slamming the elite J-school’s admissions office this Fall.
China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that requires training in Marxist and communist theories of news, a media official said, citing problems with the current crop of mainland journalists.
The South China Morning Post reported Thursday that Li Dongdong, deputy director of the General Administration of Press and Publication, said some reporters were giving Chinese journalism a bad name because they hadn’t been properly trained. She didn’t give any specific examples.
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“Comrades who are going to be working on journalism’s front lines must learn theories of socialism with Chinese characteristics and be taught Marx’s view on news, plus media ethics and Communist Party discipline on news and propaganda,” Li told Xinhua on Monday.
Professor Chomsky, call your office! We finally have some crap we can export to China.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
LOL!
I’m not sure but I think I just wet my pants.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I can’t spend too much time hanging out here right now, but when I visit I have been playing a game…read the headline, scan the post…and try to guess who posted it.
Methinks you need some global warming so you can sit pond-side with your toads…you and B-mac are starting to sound alike to me.
March 11th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
We should import some of those ChiCom journalists and do a side-by-side comparison to see which ones are the most unquestioning. Our j-school grads or their hardline communists. The result may not surprise you.
When was the last time Obama took questions from the press corps, again? We’ve got an Army of Stenographers who think their industry is going to be saved by going non-profit and getting government funding.
March 11th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Ah-HA! We finally have found something an “information society” can export! I wonder if Marxian journalism qualifies as rare earth, diamonds-in-the-rough, toxic waste or puuuuuure boooooo-sheeet! YOWSA!!!!
March 11th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
I love how open they are about it. Unlike our press, which is all bashful about its communist / Marxist “leanings.” Go ChiComs. Teach our media how to be honest.