An editorial assistant at the New York Times, Zhao Jing, writing under the pen name Michael Anti, broke the news on his widely read Chinese-language blog. He exposed details of behind-the-scenes politics and called for a public boycott of the newspaper, evoking strong public sympathy for the journalists, expressed online in chatrooms and blogs.
如果没有中文博客，大多数中国人还可能不知道罢工事件。纽约时报的编辑助理赵京取笔名Michael Anti在其广为阅读的中文博客上披露了这一消息。他揭露了幕后政治细节并且呼吁公众抵制该报纸，从而引起了公众对记者们的同情。他们在聊天室和博客上在线表达情感。