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9-7-2005

有關政府對颶風災難反應民調結果褒貶不一 (Polls Mixed Over Government Response to Hurricane Disaster)

民意調查顯示，美國民眾輿論對地方政府和聯邦政府對卡特裏娜颶風所做的反應在看法上有分歧。最近的一項蓋勒普調查顯示，42%的美國人認為布希總統的救災工作“不好”，或“糟糕”。但是35%的人認為總統的表現“好”，或者“很好”。對地方官員處理危機的看法也是褒貶不一：35%的人持負面看法， 37%的人表示認可。

美國新聞媒體繼續關注為什麼災情發生後的大規模撤離和食品運送受到拖延。布希總統和國會議員都保證要調查對颶風災難做出的反應的什麼地方出了問題。一些議員說，2001年9/11恐怖襲擊後新建立的國家應急系統是個失敗。

Public opinion polls indicate Americans are split in their views of local and federal government response to Hurricane Katrina. A recent Gallup survey reports 42-percent of Americans say President Bush did a "bad" or "terrible" job responding to the disaster. But 35-percent called his performance "good" or "great." Public opinion of local officials' handling of the crises were also split, with 35-percent of people voicing a negative opinion, and 37-percent a positive view.

U.S. news media continue to focus on why mass evacuations and food drops in devastated areas were delayed. President Bush and members of Congress have pledged to investigate what went wrong in the response to the disaster. Some lawmakers have called the incident a failure of the new national emergency preparedness systems created after the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

雅虎被批協助北京監禁記者 (Yahoo Faulted for Aiding Beijing in Conviction of Chinese Journalist)

一個媒體監督組織指稱美國網路公司雅虎向中國政府提供資訊，導致一位用電子郵件批評政府限制媒體的記者被監禁。師濤在今年4月被判犯有向外國人提供國家機密罪。總部設在巴黎的記者無國界說，雅虎的香港分公司幫助官方查到了師濤的個人電子郵件帳戶。

雅虎正在和它的對手、微軟和Google等美國主要高科技公司爭奪在中國日益發展的網路市場中佔有一席之地。但是3家公司都被指責說，他們為了贏得中國當局的好感，對各自的中文搜索引擎、網站和網路日誌進行內容過濾。雅虎上個月做成一筆交易，以10億美元的價格收購40%阿裏巴巴的股份。阿裏巴巴目前是中國最大的電子商務公司。

A media watchdog group has accused U.S. Internet company Yahoo of providing Chinese authorities with information that led to the jailing of a journalist who had written an e-mail about media restrictions. Shi Tao was convicted in April for providing state secrets to foreigners. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders says Yahoo's Hong Kong subsidiary helped authorities trace Mr. Shi's personal Yahoo e-mail account.

Yahoo, along with its major hi-tech U.S. rivals Microsoft and Google, is fighting for a share of China's growing Internet market. But all three have been accused of censoring content on their Chinese-language search engines, websites and web logs in order to gain favor with Chinese authorities. Yahoo reached a deal last month to buy 40 percent of Alibaba-dot-com, China's biggest E-commerce firm, for one billion dollars.