I was very angered by the report that allegating drug abuse by Chinese woman team. If there is a case, they should prove it, not allege it. It becomes a fashion that every thing related with Chinese should be sensationalized, otherwise it does not make the news sell. In the latest edtion of Time, the illegals costs 2 billion each year - but that is only one side of the story. Some one comes out with net contribution to U.S. economy by illegals at 25 to 30 billion by the surplus of property and income tax. CNN did not want to mention the surplus thing, but the negative thing, then picked up a handful Chinese for the responsible. Well, this women swimmers story shows the media are getting sensitive now. Last Sunday, New York Times made a report on the Chinese National Day Parade. In its caption, it reads "New York's Chinatown Celebrates Communist China". One reporter of NYC saw this caption and then called the Editorial Board at once. She warned the NYT could be sued since this caption means all Chinese who took part in could be Communists, and that was not true. So, the later edition came out as "New York's Chinatown's Celebrate Parade". I think, these should be viewed as our achievements as we have been fighting with CBS. Only when we have made strong voices, can we be heard. No one wants to get into trouble with a story. For CNN, when they found themselves were under fire, them backed off in time. For CBS, they want to keep their face this time, but next time they have to be careful. It is exhuating to fight all those ill-intended stories, but if the results are that those media will learn a lesson and keep themselves in line, then we have something to Cheer. Mi Mi Sr. Feng Wang <fwang@edzo.ucs.ualberta.ca> wrote: ============================================================================== Subject: CBS report on Chinese women swimmers Hi, folks, Have you watched the recent CBS report on swimming WC and Chinese women swimmer (last Sunday, 2:00pm)? This time CBS did have a balanced view from Chinese Coach. But CBS didn't mention any possible drug abuse in American swimmers. There'll be another CBS report on WC this coming Sunday. Watch out! Regards. Fred