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China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch
Ironsides writes "After faking the fireworks at the Olympics this year, one would have thought China had learned their lesson. Now, it appears they announced the success of their manned space mission before liftoff even occured, complete with dialogue."
That's different because they're political speeches written beforehand. General Dwight Eisenhower did the same thing in case the Invasion of Normandy did not work. This is detailed information about conversations between astronauts.
even though i think China crossed the line here, i have to point out that comparing similar incidences/practices is not delusional at all. Chinese media writing the news before it happens can be compared with US media writing the news before it happens.
besides, the whole purpose of the comparison is to show people like yourself and the GP that China and the U.S. aren't as different as you think. the U.S. isn't as morally righteous and incorruptible as most nationalistic Americans claim. no society is perfect, just as no society is completely bad.
believe it or not, Chinese people are human beings too, just as we are. because of that, we share many of the same flaws and make many of the same mistakes. you two act like we're talking about a different species or something. what, you don't think America could ever have anything in common with China?
the Cold War is over buddy. grow up.
Somewhere some poor Chinese technician or editor is about to get executed.
Yeah like no US newspaper ever announced the wrong winner in a presidential election before.
is there really a difference in "corporate" condolences?
this is like the Steve Jobs oops that happened a few weeks ago.
As has already been pointed out, the linked to fireworks slashdot story was already piss poor sensationalism. The fireworks were announced around the world as being CGI. So the entire story basically said "some obviously fake fireworks that were said to be fake when shown were fake". No shit sherlock.
And now we got a story that a news agency accidently released a pre-written story. Not like we never heard of obituraries being printed ahead of time. Anyone who has ever worked in the news industry knows that you prepare AHEAD of time.
Hell, even advertising does this. Or do you think that during events like soccer championships the advertise executives sit glued to the tv screen then the moment the result is in start putting together the add in a matter of hours to be included in tomorrows newspaper celebrating/mourning the match? Hell no, you prepare the ad campaign in advance for all outcomes.
For the uneducated editors of slashdot: Most christmas scenes/photo's etc etc are NOT shot during christmas. They are created in mid summer with FAKE snow.
Most christmas/newyears specials are recorded MONTHS in advance.
A lot of short tv programs with live audiences are recorded back to back on a single day to be aired on different days.
Star Wars was NOT a war documentary on a battle that happened in a galaxy far far away.
More and more reading the summary on slashdot is a joke, the actual story is not in the linked articles but in the comments. Slashdot would improve an awful lot of we could get rid of the editors and make it purely user contributed. Mmm, wait a moment, that is digg. Nevermind.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
In the past few food safety scandals, the Chinese officials in charge have either been executed or they resigned.
So despite what the West likes to say about China, there is some form of accountability, it's not one of those simple Evil Dictatorships.
And there actually are elections in China[1], sure there is only one party, but hey how much choice do the US voters actually have in practice? I believe in the US they even have laws and systems that favour the Two Parties over the "Other Parties".
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China