Re: [Internetradio] NYTimes: China’s Leash on Hong Kong Tightens, Choking a Broadcaster

2020-07-08 Thread John Figliozzi
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

[Internetradio] NYTimes: China’s Leash on Hong Kong Tightens, Choking a Broadcaster

2020-07-08 Thread John A. Figliozzi
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 lis