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All three networks covered the Tibetan independence protests on the streets of Lhasa. Buddhist monks kicked off the demonstrations four days ago and were followed by ordinary citizens, who were in turn suppressed by Chinese troops. NBC's Dawna Friesen filed from London, ABC's Stephanie Sy (no link) from Hong Kong, CBS' Barry Petersen from Beijing. The situation is as clear as mud. Videotape of the protests is "what China desperately does not want the world to see," claimed Petersen, worrying that "such protests will mar the Beijing Olympics." Friesen saw things "under tight Chinese control--few pictures and only fragments of video footage have emerged...Lhasa is under curfew. Tourists have been warned to stay in their hotels. The city's monasteries are said to be surrounded." Sy, in contrast, insisted that "China could not keep people from using their cellphones and the Internet to get word out…With the world watching Tibetans are emboldened."
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