media - Proposed fines might also hit foreign media

Joseph Kahn of the New York Times warns that the draft law that wants to introduce stiff fines for media who report incidents without explicit approval might also hit foreign offices. The proposal has caused major unrest among the Chinese media, as it would mean a drastic reversal of the current practise where media can be forced afterwards to stop reporting about certain incidents.
It took also the authors of the draft law by surprise, as the clause has been included two weekends ago without their knowledge.
The draft law seems rather impractical, as China's censors do not have the appraratur to screen hundreds of thousands of incidents before they should be reported. Whenever any law like this is going to be executed, it will sign the death warrant for many traditional media, since the internet will continue to report.
Traditionally China has ignored most of the reports about China in foreign media.