Word: taxied
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...While federal officials say they know of no credible threats to harm Obama or disrupt the Inauguration, they're getting plenty of brickbats from Washingtonians upset by the security measures already in place and those yet to come. For the past week, taxi drivers and commuters have been complaining about the cordon set up around the Hay-Adams Hotel, where the Obamas have been living (they're set to move into the Blair House on Thursday). Barring traffic around the posh accommodations, just across Lafayette Park from the White House, has clogged the capital's arteries. It's also compounding...
...Although Lovell's leaves can be found in the mugs of Hollywood royalty (Anjelica Huston's a fan), they have also captivated regular tea lovers. "I got the builders who worked on my flat addicted to jasmine and white silver tip," she laughs. "And I've even persuaded London taxi drivers to take tea instead of money...
...continuing wave of taxi strikes underlines a danger that the more upfront coverage of controversial issues carries with it: the danger of copycat incidents in other parts of the country. With the police detaining or jailing leaders of some of the strikes, those involved are understandably reluctant to discuss their motivations. But many observers believe that there is little doubt the lengthy coverage of the strikes in the official media was seen as a form of legitimization by later strikers. "There have been taxi-driver strikes occasionally in the past a few years, but never so many in such...
...story die a natural death. Normally, "within days the story starts to blow over and there's reader fatigue with it so they move onto to the next story in the news cycle," Bandurski says. "It's very effective." But that method is trickier with an issue like the taxi strikes, which are the result of long-standing grievances - sometimes going back a decade - that have been left largely unaddressed. Unlike other protests, these strikes are not directed specifically against the communist party, which may also explain why the official media has been given freer reins. Still, now that...
...editor Li Datong, have expressed optimism that the new policy could be a sign the government is willing to be more open about allowing wider coverage of sensitive incidents like strikes and environmental disasters. But Bandurski says that, if anything, the opposite is true. In the case of the taxi strikes, there have been no follow-up investigations of the corruption that lies at the root of the issue. "You speak to any working reporter and they'll tell you that control is getting tighter," says Bandurski. "Even on the editorial pages, which traditionally used to be a place some...