tools that became news platforms. this story is about more than what is happening in one small town in the mississippi valley in the heat of the night that has tempers and twitter boiling over. it goes right to the core of racial conflict and social divisions in america and the way that those issues are reported. our starting point this week is ferguson, missouri. . it s no longer a 24 hour news cycle. it s a 24 second news cycle. a technological eyewitness to history. from the moment the first couple of tweets hit and once you reach that first 25,000, it quickly turns into four million or whatever, the next thing you know, those people are spreading it to their networks. you don t need a mainstream platform to access a significant chunk of the population. it s word of mouth writ large. or tweeted large. to understand what drove the coverage of the ferguson story during its early stages, it helps to understand this: according to data from the washington-based pew re
more like the orders are coming from beijing. this is a heat map of activity on twitter for a new story that s gone global. this particular story has been trending in a big way in the u.s. but there is plenty of interest and output all around the world. how did ferguson, missouri, population 21,000 become a global dateline? the killing of a black teenager, michael brown on august 9th by a white policeman triggered protests and showdowns with a police force that seemed particularly well armed, remarkably well equipped. the sight of small town police looking like an army have peas wondering why do cops need armored military vehicles? there was the way the police conducted themselves, arresting peaceful protesters, politicians among them, imposing curfews, hand cuffing judgists and tear gassing news crews in a security response that resemble something out of a war zone. in the age of social media, datelines become hash tags. any stories that journalists struggle to file from fer
more like the orders are coming from beijing. this is a heat map of activity on twitter for a new story that s gone global. this particular story has been trending in a big way in the u.s. but there is plenty of interest and output all around the world. how did ferguson, missouri, population 21,000 become a global dateline? the killing of a black teenager, michael brown on august 9th by a white policeman triggered protests and showdowns with a police force that seemed particularly well armed, remarkably well equipped. the sight of small town police looking like an army have peas wondering why do cops need armored military vehicles? there was the way the police conducted themselves, arresting peaceful protesters, politicians among them, imposing curfews, hand cuffing judgists and tear gassing news crews in a security response that resemble something out of a war zone. in the age of social media, datelines become hash tags. any stories that journalists struggle to file from fer
and we ll show you how a japanese pop group is gaining popularity for their approach to keeping the country clean. voters in japan have a date to mark on their calendars. prime minister shinzo abe dissolved the lower house of the diet and set a general election for december 14th. abe has been in office since december 2012. he says he s seeking public support for his economic policy known as abenomics. the speaker of the chamber declared the dissolution. the campaign officially starts on december 2nd, and people will cast their ballots 12 days later. prime minister abe is framing the vote as a choice between abenomics and other alternatives. translator: through the election campaign, i would like to ask the people whether our economic policies are right or wrong. i d like to ask the public whether there are any other options. abe says his government has increased employment, income and corporate profits. he said his economic policies rectified excessive depreciation
welcome everyone to the opc s book night with mark clifford to discuss his new book today hong kong tomorrow the world. what china s crackdown reveals about its plans to end freedom everywhere. i m patricia kranz the executive director of the overseas press club. i m delighted to welcome mark tonight and our moderator jody schneider. jody was based in bloomberg s hong kong bureau from 2016 to 2020 and served as president of the foreign correspondence club in hong kong in 2019 and 2020. as soon as jody returned from hong kong to new york last year. she joined the opc and was elected to the board in the summertime. she is now political news director at bloomberg news here in new york. i now handed over to jody. thanks patty and i happy to welcome everybody to this book night. i only wish it were in person, but i m very pleased to introduce mark clifford who i overlapped with in hong kong and i m pleased to call a friend and very excited to discuss this new book with them. we we
and what that might mean. brendan, i know you ll sympathise with just how hard it is to get back on your feet and get going. but also, we ve talked about the mental scars, i know it s difficult sleeping. you get flashbacks, don t you? yeah. and they tend to be getting worse as the weeks go on. i think i ve had about 16 hours the chinese government has warned of sleep in two weeks. would not interfere in hong kong. i m constantly waking up as if i m suffocating and still in hospital. there is a route to citizenship and then not being able china goes ahead with the new laws. to get my breath back in bed, which makes me panic. but then the other flashbacks are obviously because of how fast it happened. beijing has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the uk government after boris johnson promised millions of people in hong kong a route to citizenship if china goes ahead with implementing the new laws. i couldn t i have flashbacks james robbins reports. of not saying goodby
china warns britain not to interfere in its plans to impose tough national security laws in hong kong. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. we start in the us where all four police officers who were present when george floyd was arrested in the city of minneapolis are now facing charges in connection with his death. derek chauvin, the officer who was filmed kneeling on his neck, has had his charge elevated to second degree murder. barbara plett usher reports from minneapolis . for the past week protesters have been demanding justice for george floyd, tougher action against the police officers who arrested him. there has been frustration, sadness and pain. but today finally some news. the very fact that we have failed these charges means we believe in them but what i do not believe is that one successful prosecution can rectify the hurt and loss that so many people
hello and welcome. we start in the us where all four police officers who were present when george floyd was arrested in the city of minneapolis are now facing charges in connection with his death. derek chauvin, the officer who was filmed kneeling on his neck, has had his charge elevated to second degree murder. let s just look at what that means in the state of minnesota. the law there defines first degree murder as one in which the defendant has the intention to kill and usually requires some element of premeditation second degree murder, the charges being brought here, requires intention on the part of the defendant but is more related to crimes of passion or crimes in the heat of the moment and third degree murder would not require proof that the defendant wanted the victim to die, only that their actions were dangerous and carried out without regard to human life. barbara plett usher reports from minneapolis. for the past week protesters have been demanding justice for g
reacted angrily, so has the united states government. what happens next in this high stakes showdown? this is a tragedy for the people of hong kong, the people of china, and indeed the people of the world. i ll talk to the last british governor of hong kong, chris batten, as well as the city s legendary campaigner for democracy, martin leech. also, it s graduation season, at least on the internet. i will give graduates my thoughts and share some of the smartest that i have seen. first, here s my take. like most of you, i m still taking in the events of the last few days, the gruesome death of george floyd, the riots on so many american cities. i just want to make a few brief observations. some people are asking why is this happening now, haven t things gotten better for african-americans? many are titans of business, hold political office or are leaders in their communities. so let me say the events of the past week are happening against four backdrops. the first is o
the others in the race. these are the zombie candidates, long expired but lumber around pretending to be alive. as usual, the geniuses in the press corps are the last to know, always are, you ll probably see long articles and segments on television about candidate joe biden, how s he doing. that will last for at least the next sis months. as you see these pieces, it s owl a mirage. his campaign is deader than disco. it all happened so sudden renly. in may he dominated the democratic field. one day a reporter asked him a throw-away question about china. here s what happened next. vice president biden do you have a comment on the chinese situation. the answer is yes i do. the president has done nothing but increase the tariffs. the debt. and the deficit. the way you have to proceed is have our allies with us. it s not just us, you have to keep the rest of the world together. secondly, we should, labor should be at the table as well as our allies, that s the only thing. the