Subject: Some thought on CBS incident

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 13:29:08 CDT

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What is the motive behind the CBS report? I don't think they did it
because of their racism against all chinese. More likely, they are just
trying to find a way to boost the rating of CBS evening news. After all
the rating of CBS evening news has been in doldrum for quite a while.
Out of desperation, they are resorting to this kind of tabloid news to
stir public interest in their program. I think the CBS mentality now is
just to get over with this because they know the news of this quality is
not good journalism, to say the least. But they certainly don't want to
make a public apology because that will badly hurt their rating, which
is their bottom line, and which is reason the whole thing started in the
first place. It is also not likely that we can win a legal battle.

So what should be our goal? It is the public relations.

What happened in Tianmen gave us a huge image boost in US. Now five years
later, that image have long faded. In that regard, we have no one to blame
but ourselves. Except when lobbying congress for CSPA, we never get united
and become a political force. Four years ago, would CBS air a report like
this? No. But that was then, this is now. This should be a wakeup call for
all of us. And this should be a common ground for all the chinese in the US.
We should take this opportunity to do whatever we can to change the
stereotype imposed on us, to improve our relations with the general public
in US, to become political force to be reckoned with. If we have a good
image in the American public, no right-minded person will take a report
like Connie Chung's seriously. We should be very clear about what we can
achieve and what we want to achieve.

AY

So, what's your point?
Get to Action. There is no free lunch,even a tiny piece of justice, you have to
fight for it, if you want to deserve any! Get real!

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 10:27:43 CDT

I have seen more and more of these kinds of messages in lads-l net.  may i 
suggest that these kinds of messages be posted in fcbs-l net only.  the lads-l 
net is for different purposes, and should not be flooded with the messages 
intended for different purposes (a couple of important messages may be fine, 
but too many can't be tolerated).  please sign up fcbs-l net and post your 
messages there.

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AY

So, what's your point?