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☆ The FCC vs. the News in Your Neighborhood
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Holman W. Jenkins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: Edward Lawrence interviews economic strategist Jason Trennert. Official Washington has Jessica Rosenworcel , the Federal Communications Commission chief. Last seen restarting a needless fight over net neutrality, over the holidays she committed more bureaucracy. The courts pressured her to complete her agency’s absurdly delayed 2018 “quadrennial review” of its extensive media ownership regulations. Of course she found these regulations more urgent than ever despite the internet having obliterated the ostensible electromagnetic scarcity on which they were premised.

Persons: Edward Lawrence, Jason Trennert, Mark Kelly You, Jessica Rosenworcel Organizations: Bloomberg, Washington, Federal Communications Commission

☆ The Ohio train derailment is a mess for the US. The Twitter of China is reacting with glee.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

People on Weibo are relishing the chance to mock the US after a 50-car train derailed in Ohio. It's another example of inflammatory rhetoric that's left to simmer on China's version of Twitter. On Tuesday, four of the top 20 "hot searches" on Weibo, the Twitter of China, featured videos or news blog articles about the derailment. Widespread US media coverage and discussion of the Chinese balloon incensed Chinese state media and Weibo users. After all, anything can happen in a country that can arrest journalists reporting this," wrote blogger MaVision of the train derailment.

☆ China accused a BBC journalist of acting 'as if he were a victim' after he was beaten and arrested while covering mass COVID-19 protests in the country
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

China accused a BBC journalist of playing "victim" after he was beaten and arrested by police. Top UK officials and the BBC slammed China for the move, which China has defended. "This BBC journalist refused to cooperate with the police's law enforcement efforts and then acted as if he were a victim," China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters at a Tuesday press conference. BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was covering mass anti-government protests in Shanghai on Sunday when he was arrested and detained for several hours by local police before getting released. The arrest of BBC journalist [Edward Lawrence] in China is deeply disturbing.

☆ Chinese police are now conducting random stop-and-search checks for banned foreign apps such as Instagram and Twitter: reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Britney Toh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Chinese police conducted random stop-and-search checks on phones, per WSJ and CNBC. The authorities checked for banned foreign apps such as Instagram, Twitter, and Telegram. Some of the dissidents have been turning to foreign apps like Instagram, Twitter, and Telegram to share information on the protests with the outside world and to communicate and organise protests. These foreign social media apps are banned in China, but they can be accessed through virtual private networks, or VPNs. Another video circulating on Twitter appears to show an alleged plain-clothes officer hitting a person who refused to hand over his phone.

☆ BBC journalist was 'beaten and kicked by police' in Shanghai while covering zero-COVID protests
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Edward Lawrence, a BBC journalist, was arrested while covering zero-COVID policies in Shanghai. A BBC spokesperson said he was "beaten and kicked by police" during the arrest. Protests have been ongoing in Shanghai, Beijing, and Nanjing regarding the strict lockdowns. Prior to his arrest, Lawrence was posting on social media about ongoing protests in Shanghai, where citizens have gathered to object to stringent zero-COVID policies. "The BBC is extremely concerned about the treatment of our journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering the protests in Shanghai," The Guardian reported a spokesperson for the British public service broadcaster said.

☆ Video shows British journalist 'beaten' and detained in China
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was arrested by police in Shanghai, China , on Sunday while covering protests against Covid restrictions. The British network said Lawrence was "beaten and kicked by the police."

☆ BBC journalist ‘beaten and kicked by the police’ as protests spread across China
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Jennifer Deaton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN Business —Edward Lawrence, a journalist at the BBC, was arrested by police in Shanghai at the scene of protests on Sunday night, according to the BBC and as captured on what appears to be mobile phone footage of the arrest. The BBC statement reads in full: “The BBC is extremely concerned about the treatment of our journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering the protests in Shanghai. During his arrest, he was beaten and kicked by the police. “China always welcomes foreign journalists to report in the country in accordance with the law and has provided lots of assistance,” Zhao said. At least two clips of the arrest were posted online by a Twitter user who says they witnessed the scene.

☆ 10 lucruri neștiute despre cea mai cunoscută tragedie maritimă din istorie
▼ + stars: | 2015-04-15 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +12 min

Titanic a fost cel mai mare pachebot din lume în momentul plecării sale în călătoria inaugurală, din Southampton, Anglia, cu destinaţia New York, pe 10 aprilie 1912. Căpitanul picase examenul de navigaţieEdward John Smith, căpitanul Titanicului, a fost „victima” a numeroase mituri, în ultimii 103 ani. Când nava a început să se scufunde, a decis să înfrunte moartea cu demnitate. În realitate, pasagera Elizabeth Shutes a fost atât de deranjată de mirosul gheţii, încât nu a putut dormi. Un alt „ingredient” pentru dezastru a fost fenomenul de refracţie a luminii.

Persons: Titanic, James Cameron, Edward Lawrence, Charles Lightoller, pachebotul, William T ., William T . Stead, Stead, alţii, Edward John Smith, Mulţi, . Căpitanul Smith, Smith, Smith îşi, Hosono, Kate Florence Philips, Henry Morley, Kate, . Morley, îşi, Kate . Cuplul, Titanicul, Morley, Ellen, Worcester şi Ellen, Henry ., Beverley Farmer, Deborah Allen, Louise Patton, Robert Hitchins, Patton, Elizabeth Shutes, Elizabeth, Margaret Graham . Elizabeth, SS Carpathia, Celine Dion, Tim Maltin, Maltin Organizations: White Star Line, Majestic, Titanic, Worcester News, Stat, SS Locations: Southampton, Anglia, New York, Atlantic, pierzanie, Europa, Japonia, Titanic, Worcester, California, Worcester şi, britanici, Texas, Concordia, Costa Concordia

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