It was the kind of stuff that you would expect a senior China Times editor to say. But it was Ch... By Johnny Neihu ????...

It was the kind of stuff that you would expect a senior China Times editor to say. But it was Chang's conflict of interest questions that hit home. He finished his article with this: Does the foundation get money from the government? What are its methods? Do its members serve as government appointees in other capacities? And do they act as advisers for media outlets?

If I were a China Times journalist and on the receiving end of a bad review -- regardless of its accuracy -- I'd be pissed that it came from someone aspiring to institutional neutrality but who was on the competition's payroll.

Taiwanese politics, as with the media, needs a space for common interest. A certain degree of unity and "neutrality" is essential to promoting good will and resolving disputes.

But if the neutrality of a watchdog is compromised, it doesn't matter how impressively it barks. Because it won't bite hard enough when leashed.

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