Jonathan Supranowitz
Araton Asks: Did the Chinese Borrow Their Media Policies from the Dolans?
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MSG East?
After a trip to Tiananmen Square, Times columnist Harvey Araton wrote about the media policy for reporters covering the Knicks that the Observer chronicled back in November (quick refresher: reporters were restricted from speaking to a player or an MSG employee without a P.R. person present with a BlackBerry in hand to take notes).
On a trip to Tiananmen organized by the Main Press Center for the Olympics, Mr. Araton learned of a newly installed rule:
On the bus, the project manager of the news desk at the Main Press Center, Wu Kun, aka Roy, announced that there was a new system in place for conducting interviews inside Tiananmen.
