After an accident killed a coal miner in Hongdong, Shanxi Province, journalists flocked to the coal mine, not to report, but to be In exchange, the mine would have their promise not to break the news to the The scene of journalists lining up for bribe money was captured on camera by a journalist (apparently the only uncorrupted one) named Dai Xiaojun and his assistant (identified only by his Internet ID "Broadcast Shanxi") on September Their posts to various Internet forums were frequently deleted due to their sensitive nature until the photos caught the attention of China Youth Daily, which ran a feature story in its October 27 The three articles in the feature are partly translated on the Zhongnanhai In response, today's Shanxi Evening News reported that at a news conference yesterday, the provincial media administration released information about the The director and party secretary of Huobao Ganhe Coal Mine have both been fired for failing to immediately report the accident to their A preliminary investigation showed that from Sept 24 to Sep 25, the coal mine received 28 people who claimed to be journalists, including two who carried press cards issued by the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) According to GAPP's strict definition of "journalist" as referring only to reporters who are officially registered with the Administration, this would make the other 26 individuals fake