Reply #32: I searched around a bit on the Asia Tribune web site, and could find out nothing [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

about them. Their "About Us" statement has no facts, and sounds vaguely like some Rev. Moon and "world government" stuff I've read. Other 'news' article are very poorly written, or poorly translated. The writers don't seem to have any concept of what "news" is, nor much academic or journalistic skill in separating out facts from the writers' opinions. (I guessed they'd make good AP reporters.) The first sentence of their "About Us": "Asian Tribune is the conscience of humanity."

About Us: Asia Tribune
http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/14

On the home page, at the top it says, "A Newspaper Published by World Institute for Asian Studies," with a link, so I went there, searching for...funders, names, address, country, anything. Their "About Us" is equally uninformative--and many of their pages (conferences, conference reports) are blank.

About Us: World Institute for Asian Studies
http://www.worldinstituteforasianstudies.org/about.html

I'm beginning to think they are CIA front or something--except that the CIA generally does better work than this.

I wouldn't cite this nebulous "internet publication" as a serious source of news or opinion for my candidate, nor as in any way typical of Asian opinion. I think it's a very suspect source.