James Loving - National Radio Text Service

 

 

 

American Idol and the death of Whitney garnered the most interest this past month from our National Radio readers. The best news is again readers are interested in the Cambodian government's protection of Russian millionaire pedophile Stanislav Molodyakov aka Alexander Trofimov in making another of the pedophiles stories number one - Several changes were made in our sections most visited with American Idol, Entertainment, China and the NBA making the greatest impact - Sports and politics emerged from our Archives stories of interest featuring former NFL great Howie Long and Timor East president Jose Ramos Horta

 

Tuesday March 27, 2012

TELEVISION REVIEWS TAKE FIVE of 10 SPOTS

For the first time ever all of the National Radio Top 10 stories are NEW. This is unparalleled since we began reporting our Top 10 ratings in January 2006. The only constant that remains from our original report is our coverage of the Freshie Girl & Boy contest.

Television reviews ruled the roost this month taking five of the NR Top 10 ratings spots. Sadly three of those positions were columns covering the tragic death of Whitney Houston. The other two were regarding American Idol pertaining to the changes they've made this season after previously stating there format would be the same as last season.

What's that's saying about liar, liar pants on fire? There are plenty of hot pants on American Idol this season. Many of the months NR Top 10 selections appear to be politically related. Our top story is about apparently Cambodia's most revered investor and pedophile Stanislav Molodyakov aka Alexander Trofimov the Russian real estate developer who invested $300 million to develop an island off the shores of Cambodia's beach town Sihanoukville. This area is renowned for it over abundance of pedophile residents and corruption. It's a region that the Ministry of Tourism is trying to develop as Cambodia's biggest attraction after Angkor Wat in claiming it is one of the world's most beautiful beaches.

Molodyakov the PRINCE OF PEDO was to serve a 17-year sentence in Cambodia and then be sent to Russia. The events that followed is his 17 year sentence was cut in half followed by a Royal pardon in 2011 after he served only 4 years for having sex with 17 underage female CHILDREN in Sihanoukville.

Trofimov is on Interpol's most wanted list and the Cambodian government said it would turn him over to Interpol and Russian authorities for having sex with 9 and 10 year-old girls. One red flag is since he was on Interpol's most wanted list how did he get into Cambodia and have the freedom to commit these crimes?

Since his at the time secret release on December 20th 2011 he has been seen in Sihanoukville driving around in a white Lexus as well as shopping in a super market in Phnom Penh. The Cambodia Daily reported that his car has a government VIP parking pass on the dashboard. He is believed to be staying in a villa in Sihanoukville owned by a high up government official.

An English language magazine that specializes in sleazy stories promoting prostitution, drug and alcohol claims that an unnamed pedophile's freedom cost $3 million. At the time of the Russian's release two other pedophiles that aren't wealthy were also released. Since his release the pedo has approached one of his child victims now 17-years-old and she told the Cambodia Daily that she was terrified of him. Obviously the Cambodian government is more protective of its rich pedophiles than its children and NGO's are furious about it having signed a petition to have the pedo prince extradited back to Russia.

There are now over 200 Russians living in Sihanoukville. When we first arrived in there during the 1st quarter of 1999 only 20 foreign residents of various nationalities were said to be living in the entire area.

American Idol chopping quickly to the Top 13 was our fastest rising story reaching number 2 within 20 days of being published. Another Idol story noting that the shows judges have been granted too much power jumped to 6th place in the ratings after only seven days of release. Given that there was such a short period from the time release to the ratings charts makes it our fastest riser but failed to attain higher rating of our previously mentioned Idol story.

Sports made its mark in the ratings with the NBA's Chinese/American Jeremy Lin grabbing the spotlight as well as 3rd place on the charts. The NBA All-Star game that we deemed a family affair as four of the five starters were from the Los Angeles teams the Clippers and the Lakers.

One of the biggest stories of the year transcended all categories given how a Chinese American basketball player overcame all odds and rejection to win the hearts of people around the world. It came to an end but our column The Linsanity Fever is Over ranked number three on our charts.

American born of Taiwanese decent Jeremy Lin inspired millions around the world with his outstanding play and attitude. After failing to receive a college scholarship to play basketball he paid his own way to the very expensive Harvard University which is one the best in the world and requires excellent grades and intelligence.

He was cut by two NBA teams the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets and eventually signed by the New Your Knicks. When he was inserted into the New York Knicks line-up he was an instant success in turning a losing team around to win 8 of their next 10 games while their two superstars were absent due to injury and a death in the family.

The world went wild in following his progress and they began purchasing Jeremy Lin merchandise that flew off the racks so much so they were on backorder.

When the two stars returned each making 24 times the salary Lin earns the team went into a losing skid. The coach eventually resigned and Lin remains a starter. This story won't go away. In a sense Lin is doing more to bring China and Taiwan together than the governments. He plans to visit China in the off-season.

The NFL made an impression as our story on the Super Bowl when New England quarterback Tom Brady was taking on the Manning family tradition of quarterbacks, Archie (the dad) and his sons Peyton and Eli. Brady's Pats lost to Eli's New York Giants 21-17 and the Manning's have tied Brady in the in the Super Bowl winning category 3-3. That column is ranked 10th.

An interesting development came out of the match up as Brady's wife actress/model Gisele Bundchen had a tiff with journalists after the game and defended her husband by saying that he couldn't throw and catch the ball at the same time. During the game several of Brady's passes were dropped by his receivers in key game winning situations. There is a saying regarding irate females of don't get your panties in a bunch and it applies here with don't get your panties in a Bundchen.

Our Shoppers Guide Consumers Beware Phnom Penh column made an impact on the ratings rocketing to the 4th position. The main focus of that story is the problem of sending and receiving mail in Cambodia. The problem is attributed to low wages thus postal employees steal. One of the methods is when the stamps aren't postmarked they are licked off and the money is pocketed.

Numerous times we have sent mail and not received it was well. The post office in Phnom Penh repeatedly asks if it was registered and asks for a receipt. Few employees speak English. A sign in the lobby indicates not to send checks in the mail.

Only in Cambodia have we experienced this problem. In a Western civilization can you imagine not being able to pay your bills by not being able to send a check? It's doable via electronic banking but that has its problems as well but in Cambodia that's a technology that needs to be worked out and the integrity of some Cambodian banks are in question.

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SECTIONS MOST VISITED:

In our sections most visited our Cambodia section leaped from 6th to 1st place. Much of that interest is attributed to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal which continues its Machiavellian ways of a calamity of errors and questionable behavior causing some foreign judges to resign from the proceedings. As activist and former Khmer Rouge prisoner Theary Seng says it's a farce.

Entertainment was the big winner in our sections most visited category. In the past it was seldom ranked in the Top 10. The tragic death of Whitney Houston was the momentum catapulting the section to the 5th position in the ratings. American Idol made its seasonal return in taking the 8th spot. That section is a major player of interest every year when the show is being televised. China has maintained its place in the rankings and moved up one spot from 10th to the 9th position. The NBA returns to the ratings in notching 10th place.

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ARCHIVES

One of our oldest stories emerged in a most read category of former NFL great and current NFL television analyst Howie Long. After his retirement from the NFL, Long also tried his hand at acting staring in the film Firestorm.

Politics gained some attention with our story about Timor East President Jose Ramos-Horta titled A Man With a Plan. Coincidentally the story is popular now after Ramos-Horta recently lost his reelection bid. Prior to taking the presidential position Ramos-Horta was touted as being the head of the UN.

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1.	NATIONAL RADIO TOP 10 - March 2012
	Phnom Penh (Ah) Part 2 - CAMBODIA'S PEDO HEAVEN - January, 2012 WHO'S AT FAULT? - The fight pedophilia craze is out of control. When we first arrived there were 300 NGO's in the country now there are over 3000. Many are claiming that they are noble and fighting to eliminate the child sex trade. The problem is that focusing on foreigners leaves 90% of the problem to continue with the child sex trade as usual given 90% of those involved are Khmers - NR Phnom Penh Top 10 stories - The child sex trade documentary RED LIGHT screens tonight Saturday January 28th @ the Meta House in Phnom Penh Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) Part 1 - THE PEDO KING TROFIMOV MYSTERY RELEASE DRAWS NGO IRE - January, 2012 CAMBODIA'S PRIZE PEDOPHILE GIVEN ROYAL TREATMENT - The mystery continues as to who is responsible for issuing the release of Russian Stanislav Molodyakov better know by his alias Alexander Trofimov after serving less than one quarter of his 17 year sentence for having sex with 17 children. NGO's have petitioned the Cambodian government to acknowledge the requests from Interpol and the Russian government to extradite him to Russia for crimes of having sex with children 9 & 10 years old in their country.
2.	TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL CHOPS QUICKLY TO TOP 13 - March 2012 A CHANGE IS HAPPENING ON AMERICAN IDOL - For the most part this season has a talented group of contestants. We define good as when you enjoy listening to every singer in the contest. That was the case last season which in our opinion was the best ever group of talent on the show where country music was king as the two top winners Scott McCreery and Lauren Alaina represented the genre - JAY-Z & HENRY KRAVIS on GAME CHANGERS - Recommended TV Listings Previous - TRAVEL TIPS - Cambodia - CAMBODIA'S PEDOPHILE KING IS RELEASED - December, 2011 TOURISTS BEWARE PEDOS ARE THERE - Apparently the Cambodia government doesn't value the safety of their people as they gave its children a Christmas present by secretly releasing Russian pedophile Stanislav Molodyakov aka Alexander Trofimov who is wanted by Interpol back on to the streets of Cambodia. He was sentenced to a 17-year jail term for having sex with 17 underage children. According to the Phnom Penh Post the PEDO was released Tuesday December 20th after serving only four years of that sentence due to a ROYAL pardon - Molodyakov is also a wanted man by Interpol and Russia for alleged child sex crimes in Russia with young children several of whom are between the ages of 8-10 years old
3.	Sports Notes - LIN SANITY FEVER IS OVER - March 2012 It was a matter of time when the Jeremy Lin balloon would come down to reality and the NY Knicks would return to their old ways of losing. Lin s the best thing to happen in the NBA this season the question is can the Knicks return to their winning form with their two super stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire returning to the lineup - Peyton Manning is shopping for a team to blend his talents. The Denver Broncos are said to be in the driver's seat with the Arizona Cardinals 2nd. Manning tosses to super star receiver Larry Fitzgerald is a match made in heaven. Can it be signed sealed and delivered on earth? - CAMBODIA LOSE FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES AND RISE 6 SPOTS IN THE FIFA RANKINGS Previous - Sports Notes - CAMBODIA'S MYSTERIOUS RISE IN THE FIFA RANKINGS - March, 2011 WHAT'S UP WITH FIFA's RATINGS? - While some of the Top 10 teams lose points but hold positions Cambodia's gain in the ratings is mysterious. Over the years that we have been covering international football most notably in the Asian region there are things that jump up like RED FLAGS
4.	Phnom Penh (Ah) - SHOPPERS GUIDE - CONSUMERS BEWARE - February, 2012 WHITE TO DIE FOR - Trying to be white is killing Cambodians - For a foreigner making transactions in Cambodia can be a problem due to the language barrier. A lack of integrity by the seller is also a detrimental factor for consummating a deal - BEWARE OF THE POST OFFICE as mail is not received - Internet Service Providers (ISP's) are not delivering as promised - TOP 3 NR Phnom Penh Stories Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX Part 3 - American Idol's Scott McCREERY and Lauren ALAINA are ON THEIR WAY - May, 2011 IDOLS'S DYNAMIC DUO ROCKS THE WORLD - Within 48 hours of the American Idol finale Idol winner Scott McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina's records shot up the iTunes charts in taking the # 1 and 3rd spots respectively
5.	NBA BEAT Part 1 - ALL STAR GAME AN LA FAMILY AFFAIR - February 2012 LA REPRESENTS - Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant Leading Vote-Getter in West; Tied for Most Consecutive All-Star Selections with 14 - -Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin, Lakers’ Andrew Bynum Voted as First-Time Starters - Clippers Griffin and Chris Paul team with Lakers Bryant and Bynum comprise and LA family West team. Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) - CAMBODIA BEGS FOR MORE MONEY, MONEY, MONEY - September 2010 WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP? - This raises the question what is the $1.1 billion in donor money to be used for? - WHY THE FLOODING? - If you have the desire to walk in knee deep waters contaminated with excrement and sewage from backed up drainage systems then hurry up to Phnom Penh during the present rain season - MEKONG EXPRESS HAVE PROBLEMS TOO MUCH - TOP 3 PHNOM PENH COLUMNS
6.	TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL CHANGES GIVE JUDGES TOO MUCH POWER - March 2012 RETURN POWER TO THE PEOPLE - What American Idol stated prior to the season has been ignored in their published reports that their format would remain the same. This season's format is definitely not the same as last. The bottom six girls verses boys is a bad idea creating too much power to the judges who are infatuated with good looks over talent. Judge Jennifer Lopez is overly excited by some of the male contestant's good looks. Lopez has lost sight of the fact the Idol was intended to be a talent contest NOT A BEAUTY CONTEST - Recommended TV Listings Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) - SOMETHING IS FISHY & Cambodia Isn't Denmark - December, 2011 It is business as usual in Cambodia when something jumps up that defies logic. Google's listings went astray but the reasons why are currently in the GO FIGURE FILE - The floods in Thailand and Cambodia have caused a stir in the Cambodian economy - Something new TWO TOP 5 PHNOM PENH STORIES LISTINGS. One focuses on our Phnom Penh columns of interest the other from various other sections on National Radio - Overseas Press Club of Cambodia for the screening of "War Photographer"
7.	TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 4 - FRIENDS LAID IT OUT FOR WHITNEY HOUSTON - February 2012 CHURCH GIRL TO DRUG ADDICT - Whitney Houston returned to where her career started the New Hope Baptist church and was eulogized by family and friends. It was sugar and spice and everything nice but the real story remains… WHY did someone with such a great talent and seemingly had it all throw it all away? - Marc Andreessen & Richard Branson on Game Changers - Recommended TV Listings Previous - Sports Notes - BAD BOYS DENNIS RODMAN & JOEY BARTON - August, 2011 As former NBA star Charles Barkley would say BAD DUDES MAN - BAD F'n DUDES - When it comes to bad boys in sports the NBA's Dennis Rodman and the English Premiere Leagues Joey Barton are same, same but different - WHO IS Cain Velasquez?
8.	TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 1 - SHADOWS ARE CAST OVER the GRAMMY AWARDS due to WHITNEY HOUSTON'S DEATH - February 2012 THE GREAT SINGER WHITNEY HOUSTON DEAD @ 48 - The 48-year-old singer mysteriously dies in a Beverly Hills hotel a day before the Grammy Awards - American Idol's Steven Tyler's dirty old man persona is on the bubble of going over the top - One of the best TV hosts Diego Brunel and his Don't Tell My Mother program begins new season on the National Geographic channel - Recommended TV Listings Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) - THEARY SENG featured in the film "FACING GENOCIDE" - May 2011 While sleeping with her mother four year old Theary Seng's awakened and her eyes locked on to the eyes of the Khmer Rouge soldiers as they entered the room with wet ropes and then they left. Her mother knew exactly what the wet ropes meant. When she awakened her mother was gone. At first she didn't think that was unusual since the adults left early to go to work. In this case that wasn't the reality - Red Light and Virginity Trade to be Screened at the Meta House
9.	TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 3 - MEDIA AFTERMATH of WHITNEY HOUSTON'S DEATH - February 2012 FROM DEATH DO US PART - Within minutes of Whitney Houston's death last Saturday February 11th celebrities were pestered by media for their opinions of her lifestyle and talent. The media frenzy reaped numerous conflicting responses from those deemed enablers contributing to her decease and medical opinions of the reasons WHY - Marc Andreessen & Richard Branson on Game Changers - Recommended TV Listings Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) - CNN FAILS TO SEE THE (RED) LIGHT - June 2011 SOS (Same Old $#!t) - The beat goes on from CNN on how they intend to change the world by putting an end to human slavery and trafficking with their Freedom Project. Yea, yea, sure, sure… If its' BS you're looking for tune in to CNN. Is it a legitimate cause or simply greed to raise those sponsorship dollars? From an assignment perspective CNN should know that you don't send a candy stripe nurse to do a surgeons job. From the reality perspective you don't put a band-aid on an injury that requires an amputation
10.	Sports Notes Part 2 - TOM BRADY tries to defy MANNING FAMILY MATTERS - February 2012 GIANTS vs. PATRIOTS continue SUPER BOWL FEVER - There are several storylines involved in this game which Manning brother is the winningest Super Bowl quarterback and Can tom Brady gain revenge for Eli Manning and the New York Giants for denying them a perfect 19-0 record in 2008 when the two teams last met in Super Bowl XLVI. Can Eli Manning exact revenge for the suffering his father Archie endured as an All-Star NFL player? - SUPER BOWL RESULT SCORES HISTORY - DID YOU KNOW? Previous - Travel Tips - Phnom Penh (Ah) - NGO'S - GREEDY, SEEDY OR HELP THE NEEDY? - MAY, 2008 Recently I was asked if I knew of an NGO that helped children who weren't funded by deep pockets and well healed. The donors intend to fund between US $200-300,000. Two of the requirements were they had to be honest and have an address. NGO staff that appeared to be in Cambodia to drink beer, party and basically relive their spring break - Three Cambodia related stories made the NR Top 10 this month with RONAN taking the lead. Two columns were overall the fastest risers on the NR Top 10.
ARCHIVE STORIES	Phnom Penh (Ah) - TIMOR ESTE PRESIDENT JOSE RAMOS-HORTA - THE MAN WITH A PLAN - May, 2010 REPAIRING & BUILDING A NATION - For some strange reason there was something about Jose Ramos-Horta that I needed to know but I didn't know why. That strange feeling prompted me to search for Ramos-Horte's bio on Wikipedia. It was when I read that on 11 February 2008, Ramos-Horta was injured when he was shot during an assassination attempt things started to come into focus. Sports Feature - HOWIE LONG IN NFL HALL of FAME - Thursday August 3, 2000 Howie Long made his underdog life TOP DOG. During his childhood he had to travel a bumpy road on which he endured not having a stable upbringing. He came from a broken home. His mom and dad separated when he was 11 years old. They divorced a year later. He was an unwanted child. He found himself on the move being passed from family member to family member and often had to sleep on couches. There were times when food was hard to come by.. - MORE NBA - NBA MAX French Language

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