James Loving - National Radio Text Service

 

 

American Idol and Theary Seng maintain their strength in the ratings - Questionable business practices cloud a Cambodian celebrity contest that wants to be the 2nd Grammy Awards - Yao Ming and sports figures make a strong showing - In our sections most visited there were a number of changes. Thailand, FIFA and Entertainment make their presence known on the charts - In our archive search CNN turned up. We included a look back the a SEA Games story in tribute to the event

 

 

Tuesday November 29, 2011

ETHICS MAKE A DIFFERENCE

With the attention given to our story SABAY CONTESTANTS FLEEING ADDS TO PROPOSED EVENTS MYSTERY - WHERE'S THE BEEF? That story has maintained a position in the Top 10. It notched the 6th spot in the standings after holding down 5th place last month.

When a contest takes on the responsibility of naming the most popular celebrities in Cambodia it raises the question how can that be qualified? It also raises questions regarding the background and credibility of those behind the scenes involved in the process as well as is this about promoting the organizers businesses or a real honest contest with ethics. If the background of the organization involves international Intellectual Property crimes that aren't considered illegal in Cambodia the ethics issue remains.

The beef or problem was the contestants didn't give their permission to be involved in the event that raised a RED FLAG that something is wrong with this picture. They sent the organization (?) notices to remove their photos and information from their web site. It was a say what moment as well as being one of our most internationally read stories.

The second world's most read story from the Southeast Asian region was that of activist Theary Seng who was the protagonist in the documentary film "FACING GENOCIDE which notched the 7th position. It reveals the plight of Cambodian refugees whose families were murdered by the Khmer Rouge and their flight to freedom. Seng was one of the individuals as a 4-year-old child. One night she was sleeping with her mother the next she was not as her mother was murdered.

The 8th ranked story was our Spots Notes insight to what is now clear WHO'S THE MAN… CITY or UNITED? We laid it out prior to City smashing United when the two clashed to take the top spot in the English Premiere League. Prior to the match we noted that Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is silencing his critics. The game results were prophetic. Nuff said.

The 9th spot was our Top five Phnom Penh stories which was published in June but reflects what occurred during the first half of the year in the city. Sports took the 10th spot as we noted that THE (YAO) MING DYNASTY IS OVER. The friendly 7'6" Chinese giant succumbed to injuries and was at the end of his contract. The Houston Rockets wanted a guarantee that Ming would be healthy before agreeing to a new deal. Ming who was still in rehabilitation took the retirement option.

The results of the most read top stories overall sports took 4 positions, television reviews 3 and our Phnom Penh column 3.

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Sections Most Visited

In the sections most visited the Freshie sub page retained their top position. Much of the interest is driven by the number of former Freshie contestants that were selected to participate in that mysterious Sabay contest. We no longer cover the Freshie contest due to improprieties and disinformation i.e. integrity. Sabay was a major sponsor in the last Freshie contest and not only sleep together in a business sense but also appear to suffer from the same disease i.e. a lack of integrity.

Given the relationship and the questionable shelf live of this contest we decided to place their stories on the Freshie page as opposed to creating a separate page for Sabay.

The major shake up in these ratings is the surge of our television video section moving up from 9th to 4th. Thailand returned to the charts after a long absence. The only story that could drive that interest is actually what was derived from a television review of the Amazing Race where several teams racing on the island of Phuket, Thailand were ripped off by songthaew drivers and charged $150 for a short wait and return trip within the island therefore giving credence to the adage stupid is what stupid does. In this case Thailand showed their greed to a massive worldwide television audience. In the world of GO FIGURE a Travel Tips story emerged from a television show. Nice….

The Entertainment section took the 9th spot. This month it was quite busy with press releases of well known International entertainment celebrities' activities. BIT (Business & Internet Technology) returns locking down the 10th position.

A surprise is the FIFA section taking a slot in the rankings with Number 5. Despite their strike the NBA survived it all in leaping to the charts from totally off in slotting themselves in a shocking finish landing in the 3rd spot. The big news there was our report of Magic Johnson surviving 20 with the HIV virus.

American Idol dropped off the charts but they had the most stories read of a single entity. An interesting observation from our perspective replicates that of Google's discovery in their road to success when Brin recognized that the popularity of a site is driven by the information behind the page indicating how many sites are linked to it. With that vision it verifies that the public doesn't solely depend on Google to go to sites they have already discovered the site and are linked to it.

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ARCHIVES

In tribute to the recently completed SEA Games we researched our files and came up an old Tiger Cup title game from February 2001. Also surprising was an old story regarding CNN exploiting a young girl gaining a lot of attention since it was published in our Video Beat column of September 2009. It was a story that we forgot but in our research several search engine sites list it therefore it is exposed again. Peace out…

JUSTA THOUGHT

The irony about this special 2 part NR Top 10 edition is the way it came about and in our research the information that developed from it. The germination of the piece was initiated by the Bloomberg television program Game Changers about Google's evolution and its cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Like Steve Jobs their brilliance helped change the world but as much upside that there was to their story there were a number of downsides one of which affected us that came about within this past week.

As author Ken Auletta in the Game Changers program regarding their copying books and sending them up to the Internet, "Did they think to ask the author and publishers for permission? There are copyright laws in this country."

Auletta wrote the book Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.

The Google duo started out with righteous concepts and ideals in saying that they didn't want Google to have ads which they eventually did with their ad words advertising concept. They drew ire from their G Mail account users when they placed ads in the email.

They made a mistake in their attempt to map the world with their street view idea and their vehicles were taking in private user information from unsecured WiFi locations. When they were confronted with the matter they agreed to destroy the data.

In 2006 they reluctantly entered into the Chinese market but did not agree with China's censorship policy. Being a Russian Jew he who's parents had suffered bad experiences under such a rule, "Launching a censored site was a mistake," he said on Game Changers.

When we (National Radio) were in China our link disappeared and was replaced with the China National Radio that was written in the CHINESE LANGUAGE. It was the only Chinese language listing on the page.

Now the two Google creators who are described as determined and rule breaking have prostituted their company by permitting their Cambodian service link to be tampered with and biased. As Auletta said on Game Changers, "They think of themselves as noblemen. They think that what they are doing is good for the world. They're just engineers and engineers lack the emotional intelligence. They can't identify with how the world thinks."

Part 1 - NR TOP 10 - GOOGLE co-founders SERGEY BRIN & LARRY PAGE ROCK OUR CHARTS

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NEW SECTIONS MOST VISITED

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1.	NATIONAL RADIO TOP 10 - November 2011
	NR TOP 10 Part 1 - GOOGLE co-founders SERGEY BRIN & LARRY PAGE ROCK OUR CHARTS - November, 2011 GOOGLE FLIPS THEN FLOPS - Goggle's cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are the drivers of this months NR Top 10 Ratings. It's not about what they delivered but what they did that mattered. What the world is interested in has been fragmented and does not equate to their motto not to be evil. - The departure of two well liked individuals made a major impact on our charts - American Idol continues to rock our boat in a good way Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX - THE RUNAWAYS FILM - THE FIRST ALL GIRL ROCK BAND on HBO - October, 2011 GIRL BAND CHEWED UP AND SPIT OUT IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS -The focus of the film is on the bands founder, manager and producer Kim Fowley, Cherie Currie the bands vivacious teen lead singer and Joan Jett the groups bisexual guitarist. From our real life experience the film focuses more on the most controversial aspects of the band. - Locked Up Abroad's new season ROCKS!!! - Recommended TV Listings
2.	Sports Notes Part 1 - REMEMBERING JOE FRAZIER - November, 2011 THE BALANCE OF LIFE - November 7, 2011 will be locked in our memory as three sports figures emerged from our past with two dying and one celebrating being alive. Who are the names? Joe Frazier died and Magic Johnson has survived the HIV virus for 20 years. The third is a name not known around the world. His name is Phal Samphors a promising 19-year-old basketball player with the Cambodian national team who was killed in a motorcycle accident while taking money to his mother only days before he was to depart to play in the SEA Games Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) EXTRA Part 2 - THE GOOD NEWS of The Girls of THE GIRLS OF PHNOM PENH @ META HOUSE - October 2011 When a girl loses their virginity they are scorned and looked down upon. They are viewed as being unworthy of marriage. In The Girls of Phnom Penh the three prostitute friends discussed that situation. They felt they did the right thing in support of their parents selling their virginity - The Virginity Trade and The Girls of Phnom Penh will be screened at the Meta House in Phnom Penh TONIGHT Tuesday October 18.
3.	Sports Notes Part 2 - MAGIC JOHNSON & PHAL SAMPHORS REMEMBERED - November, 2011 Two people that loved the game of basketball walked on different paths. One got to the top of the NBA winning 5 NBA titles and 3 league MVP Awards the other was killed on his way to a successful Cambodian national team basketball career. One lives 20 years after acquiring the HIV virus and is now 52-years-old. The other lived one year less than Johnson's 20 years of fighting off death. Place this in the GO FIGURE FILE. Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA - SAY WHAT!!! PIERS MORGAN SPOT ON? - October, 2011 MORGAN'S TEMPORARY REPRIEVE - Tony Bennett is a classy man of 85 who has managed to over overcome the bad times of drug addiction and a failing singing career. Morgan touched on these points but didn't elaborate on the topics. Bennett deserves the respect that Morgan gave him. - Recommended TV Listings
4.	TV - VIDEO BEAT - Part 3 - AMERICAN IDOL'S TOP 3 VOICES - March, 2011 After sifting through seven city auditions from which 327 yellow tickets to Hollywood were issued the cream of the crop is starting to surface - Recommended TV Listings Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT - THE AMAZING RACE LOSE A HUMAN INTEREST STORY - October, 2011 ELIMINATION IS REAL AS IS CANCER - In the first ever Amazing Race double elimination the reality show Survivor winners and current dating couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca were the next to last team to arrive at the pit stop and were eliminated. Zohn is currently fighting cancer for survival - Recommended TV Listings
5.	TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - ASIAN SHEENA SAKAI IS BACK on AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL ALL-STARS - November, 2011 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER SHEENA - She's back!!! Former Americas Next Top Model's only full Asian competitor Sheena Sakai whom we deem as the Asian Persuasion. The sassy lady is competing in the programs current All-Star series but will be ELIMINATED TONIGHT in Southeast Asia. This means tune in or MISS OUT - Can the Terminator return with former NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal going against Arnold Schwarzenegger? Both are out of work and O'Neal told us 15 years ago that this was one of his greatest ambitions - Recommended TV Listings Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) EXTRA - SABAY CONTESTANTS FLEEING ADDS TO PROPOSED EVENTS MYSTERY - September 2011 Sabay mystery - Within two months of the announcement of Sabay wanting to create the Grammy Awards of Cambodia 10 contestants (5 females and 5 males) in the singers segment of the event requested that their photos be eliminated from the competition - OUR CITY FESTIVAL - TOP 5 PHNOM PENH COLUMNS + produces big movers
6.	Phnom Penh (Ah) EXTRA - SABAY CONTESTANTS FLEEING ADDS TO PROPOSED EVENTS MYSTERY - September 2011 Sabay mystery - Within two months of the announcement of Sabay wanting to create the Grammy Awards of Cambodia 10 contestants (5 females and 5 males) in the singers segment of the event requested that their photos be eliminated from the competition - OUR CITY FESTIVAL - TOP 5 PHNOM PENH COLUMNS + produces big movers Previous - TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - STEVE JOBS GAVE EVERYONE LIFE BEFORE HE DIED - October, 2011 Though Steve Jobs passed away at the young age of 56 he gave toe world tools for a better life. Jobs was a Buddhist. With his contributions to mankind and good karma Jobs job isn't done. Just think of what he might do when he returns in his next life - THE VOICE FINALE - LOCKED UP ABROAD - LENO OFF FALLON ON - TIGER MAN - Recommended TV Listings
7.	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 Previous - Phnom Penh (Ah) EXTRA - CAMBODIA'S VIRGINITY TRADE & THE GIRLS OF PHNOM PENH @ META HOUSE - October 2011 CAMBODIAN SEX TRADE SAME, SAME NOT DIFFERENT - While NGO's raise excessive amounts of cash to supposedly stop the sex trade in Cambodia the only thing that has changed is NGO staffer's bank accounts as the Cambodian sex trade continues to grow. Two MUST SEE films on the Cambodian sex trade subject The Virginity Trade and The Girls of Phnom Penh will be screened at the Meta House in Phnom Penh tomorrow Tuesday night October 18.
8.	Sports Notes - WHO'S THE MAN… CITY or UNITED? - Part 2 - October, 2011 IT'S GET IT ON TIME IN MANCHESTER - Pundits praise the emergence of the strength of the money rich deep pocket City and are softening their criticism of manager Roberto Mancini who previously has been challenged on his game decisions - CAMBODIA REDEEMS THEIR LOSS TO VIETNAM WITH A 14 POINT VICTORY - SCOREBOARDS Previous - Sports Notes Part 2 - FIFA's CORRUPTION TURMOIL IN REVIEW - May, 2011 FIFA HOUSE ROCKS - FROM THEN UNTIL NOW - This FIFA corruption firestorm began with England accusing FIFA of corruption in QATAR winning hosting the 2222 World Cup. Qatar's Mohammed bin Hammam was to run against Sepp Blatter for the presidential seat. He and Blatter have since been accused of corruption. Blatter was cleared and bin Hammam was suspended and dropped out of the presidential race against Blatter. Read the FIFA press releases of these events
9.	Phnom Penh (Ah) EXTRA - PHNOM PENH TOP FIVE STORIES - June 2011 THE BEAT GOES ON - Activist Theary Seng took the number one spot in our review of the documentary Facing Genocide in which Seng is the primary focus of the film - The child sex trade documentary Red Light continues to attract readers as it is ranks 2nd on the Phnom Penh Top 5 - Phnom Penh Burning returns to the charts Previous - Sports Notes - FIFA'S CLOSET NEEDS TO BE CLEANED - February, 2011 Grant Wahl for FIFA president? Ohhhh Please!!! - OHH... FERNANDO!!! (TORRES) - MARSHALL FAULK the Right Choice in NFL HALL OF FAME - CHARLES BARKLEY prais
10.	Sports Notes - THE (YAO) MING DYNASTY IS OVER - July, 2011 With his warm persona and basketball skills Yao Ming brought people around the world together and helped remove racial barriers much like Michael Jackson did through his music - NBA SET MICHAEL JORDAN FREE - How Kobe Bryant acquired his name - DID YOU KNOW Previous - Sports Notes - CHELSEA'S NEW KID IN TOWN - André Villas-Boas - June, 2011 RAMO'S CHOPPING BLOCK - During Roman Abramovich's eight years of ownership of Chelsea FC he has had seven managers. Three have won titles and have been terminated thus a title may keep a manager around for a little while but other than Mourinho a two year stint is the max if the Champions League title isn't realized just ask Carlo Ancelotti
ARCHIVE STORIES	TV - VIDEO BEAT - CNN'S EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - September, 2009 Nujood Ali from Yemen was only nine years old when her parents married her to a man in his thirties. She was regularly beaten by her in-laws, raped by her husband. She was regularly beaten by her in-laws, raped by her husband. When CNN told her story her life became more tragic but CNN returned to feed off of her again for their selfish gratification. The fact that CNN was shameless enough to further exploit this young girl is indicative of how they practice mercenary journalism and take no prisoners as anyone who dies in their way of a story is apparently a causality of news wars scrambling for ratings. Sports Notes - Thailand Wins Tiger Cup Presenting Indonesia Their Worst Nightmare - February, 2001 Thailand presented Indonesia's National team manager Muhammad Zein (pronounced Zane) with his worst nightmare. A crowd of 40,000 screaming fans at Bangkok's Rajamangala stadium witnessed Worawot Srimaka score Thailand's first three goals and the tournaments only hat trick with on target strikes at minutes 14, 18, 32. Srimaka can be best described as the Shaquille O'Neal of Thai football/soccer. He has a HUGE WIDE BODY!!! At 6-4, he has the size and bulk to play linebacker for a professional National Football League (NFL) team in the United States

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