Media Report Opposite Results On Beijing Smog

As part of a widespread program to avoid killing athletes with smog at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Chinese authorities tried forcing one third of city cars off the road for four days. The Washington Post reported in a story, "Beijing's Pollution Rises in 4-Day Test Of Restricted Driving," that pollution increased during the trial because of other environmental factors. But the Associated Press reported in an article, "Beijing: Traffic Ban Cleared the Air" -- an article also published by washingtonpost.com, that the trial successfully improved air quality. What's going on? The AP is just parroting the official communist party line, while The Washington Post is ACTUALLY DOING SOME REPORTING.

China Plagued by Rash of Fake Olympic Sites

FAKE WEB SITES claiming to be the Official 2008 Olympic Games site keep cropping up, and China keeps blacklisting them on their "great firewall of China," according to ShanghaiDaily.com. The fake sites generally offer participation in some kind of scam lottery.