Seriously, fuck Yahoo--that makes three journalists they've thrown to the dogs. They and Google and Cisco Systems and Microsoft and every other internet company are going to keep rolling over for the Chinese government and imprisoning journalists. Only the Feds can stop them.
The only good thing I've heard out of the mouth of a Jersey Republican, ever, has been Rep. Chris Smith's condemnation of their actions. And while I'm loathe to do it, I compliment him for taking up the issue, even if he is only grandstanding.
Last night, I watched Frontline's piece on the Tank Man. Watch it. Watch how the Chinese government massacred the people of Beijing, including nurses, doctors, and rescuers. How it shot fleeing people in the back. How one anonymous man stopped a line of tanks with his courage. And then watch how, Ministry-of-Truth style, American internet companies are erasing his existence, like Tiananmen never happened. Do you see Tank Man in this search? Good, there he is, first page. How about this one? Or this one?
Fuck Yahoo (and Google and Microsoft and Cisco.)