Censor: enough on the collapsed schools

Image via WikipediaThe censor is trying to reduce the ongoing coverage in the Chinese media on the collapse of a large number of of schools during the Sichuan earthquake and the anger of the parents on the supposed sloppy construction, discovered the Financial Times.

A notice was sent to media outlets across the country late last week, following a spate of reports about the collapses that killed thousands of students. Their parents blame sub-standard construction and government negligence, if not corruption, especially in areas where schools were the only structures to fail catastrophically.

After the earthquake China's traditional media took unprecedented liberties towards the censor and sometimes ignored orders. The censor seems to be trying to gain back some ground.