"China jails fake buns reporter". What's fake, the report or the sentence?

[demoleft]

He's got a name at last.

Zi Beijia, he's 28, and - not astonishingly - "pleaded guilty to charges of infringing on the reputation of a commodity during his trial on Sunday at the Beijing No.2 Intermediate Court, the official Xinhua news agency said."

Jail for a year and a fine of 132$. How kind the Court was to the man...

The matter is about a reporter who told a story about cardboard-filled meat buns - the images were broadcast on TV.
It created scandal all over the world. The official version was and is that the report was a fake aimed to increase TV audience.

"The Beijing court heard that Zi paid four migrant workers from China's northern Shaanxi province to prepare the buns according to his instructions, Xinhua said. The buns were then fed to dogs."

What's the fake? The footage or the sentence?

'...some netizens have expressed scepticism over the government's allegations and believe Zi's story was authentic.
"Baozi with cardboard in them have been around for many years already, how can this be fake?" a posting on the Sohu.com website said.'

Chinese officials blame the world, the internet, the press - it's up time to stop fooling us with official truths in a Country where so many times truth is fake.
It's time to change for China. They're powerful, but not enough to rule the internet. And democracy lives in here, too.

More comments in Al Jazeera report, http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2227820D-D257-4DF5-92EF-6196F57AA365.htm

The guy pleaded guilty. But I say set him free all the same.

[ben_meyers]

1. I can't help it, every time I see cardboard and buns I get