I am a medical researcher at Harvard Medical School. While all of us are enjoying and appreciating one of the best Olympic Games in history hosted by our motherland, Boston Metro newspaper with a large readership in the city went a great length to slander and sabotage our game efforts. Last Friday morning, right before the opening ceremony, the cover story in the Metro newspaper painted a two-faced image of China in preparations for the coming Olympic Games, criticizing China ranging everything from issues involving human rights, corruption, and Tibet… Not a single positive aspect was mentioned about the great efforts the Chinese people and government dedicated to the games. However, the performance of the opening ceremony was just jaw-dropping. Every one of my American colleagues who watched the opening ceremony really enjoyed and says highly of the opening ceremony performance. However, Boston Metro newspaper didn’t say anything about it, either good or bad for 6 days in a row. I thought the Metro paper probably would say nothing more to slander our motherland. Today on August 15th 2008, I was outraged by the Metro newspaper’s cover story about the Olympic Games in Beijing. This time the Metro paper, not much about politics as it did last Friday, but purely attacked the opening ceremony and the organization of the Olympic Games. The criticisms range from fake fireworks, lip-synched 7-year-old, athletes with faked ages, and faked supporters paid to attend. Again, not a single comment is on the positive side. You may wonder why the news coverage from the Boston Metro consistently mistreated all the Chinese efforts dedicated to the games. If I were someone who knew nothing about China, I would have thought China were such an ugly monster instead of knowing the truth. I highly suspect the insidious motivation behind the coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing by Boston Metro newspaper. At least, it mounted to no respect to all the Chinese people.
You can access the contents at www.metrobostonnews.com
I urge our brothers and sisters overseas to send complaint emails to letters@metro.us or to their national editor Ron Varrial at ron.varrial@metro.us.
Thanks for your attention!
A conscientious Chinese