Sunday, January 13, 2013

Sina, Sohu, and Netease Repost Global Times Editorial (With Caveats)

This screenshot, taken on January 10, shows that Sina Weibo was censoring "Repost Global" (转载环球).
These screenshots show that three of China's main web portals - Sina, Sohu, and Netease - each reposted an editorial from the Global Times entitled  "Southern Weekend's 'Letter to Readers' Truly Makes One Ponder" (南方周末“致读者”实在令人深思 - read about that here - http://blog.feichangdao.com/2013/01/global-times-netease-and-sina-weibo.html).

The screenshots also show that in each case, the portal also posted these disclaimers (highlighted in red).
  • Sina: "Notice: Sina reposted this text with the goal of providing more information, and this should not be taken to mean that we approve of its viewpoint or support its depictions."  (声明:新浪网登载此文出于传递更多信息之目的,并不意味着赞同其观点或证实其描述。)
  • Sohu: "Notice: Any information that indicates it is from other media are reposts, and this does not represent that this web site approves of their viewpoint." (声明:凡注明为其它媒体来源的信息均为转载,不代表本网赞同其观点。)
  • Netease: "Notice: Any information that indicates it is from other media are reposts, and this does not represent that this web site approves of their viewpoint." (声明:凡注明为其它媒体来源的信息均为转载,不代表本网赞同其观点。)
These screenshots show other articles posted at the same time did not include these notices.

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