From Global Voices Online:
As with many mainstays of Chinese Communist Party infrastructure, the surreally socialist China Central Television (CCTV) faces an increasingly uphill battle against non-Party competitors. Viewers are increasingly drawn to privately-run television stations which dare to air many stories authorities would rather see ignored.
Factor in the growing numbers of”urban, educated”Chinese who choose the news offered by large portal sites such as Sina or Sohu and it’s no wonder so many CCTV news presenters often have stone-cold faces. Or maybe announcing the same ideologically correct stories for two or three decades will do that to a person. [full text]
Read also this report via CDT
