Over the years I have unconsciously developed some feud with Bettine Vriesekoop who currently writes a blog on NRC Handelsblad, one of the leading Dutch newspapers.
A couple of years ago I already written about an instance of blog censuring, but now it seems I am totally banned from her blog.
Last week part of the CCTV complex, the Televison Cultural Center Hotel, in Beijing designed by Rem Koolhaas of OMA caught fire and burnt out completely, probably due to an illegal fireworks show hosted by no one less than CCTV themselves.
Of course the story got some media attention and Bettine found it newsworthy enough to write about it on her blog. However the title she gave the article “Fire in Guo Mao” was remarkably weird in my eyes. After all the fire was in the building next to the CCTV Tower, which – although relatively close to Guo Mao (The World Trade Center) – is a complex by itself.
Therefore I decided to leave a short response to the article. My response was “Wat is precies de reden om dit artikel de titel ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Brand in Guo Mao‚Äö√Ñ√π te geven?”, translated into English: “What is the reason to give this article the title ‘fire in Guo Mao’?”
On the screenshot below you can see that my response still has to be approved, fat chance that that will ever happen…
I am really wondering why my responses are not published! I already once tried sending an email to the newspaper, but also on that I did not receive any reply. I know from a friend of mine in Beijing, that also his responses to her blog are not welcome.
And one thing Bettine (and NRC for that matter) can count on is that the longer she chooses to ignore my responses, the more closely I will watch the total bullshit she writes and I will use the other tools, such as my blog, to vent the reactions her articles bring up in me!
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