In the News: Faked tiger photo sparks Web furor

這篇報道是關於周正龍假虎照，讀來有意思... -- internuts

CNN: Faked tiger photo sparks Web furor

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- It all started with a farmer, a photo and a claim -- a sighting of a rare tiger in the local woods, curled up and staring right at the camera.

Little did Zhou Zhenglong know his tiger would become one of China's most fevered obsessions, one that ended this week with confirmation the photo was faked and with more than a dozen officials punished.

In the nine months since the first of Zhou's photos was released and posted online, it ignited debate on issues that bedevil a rapidly modernizing China -- faked goods, greed and officials' lies...

In a country where most protests are shushed and critical Internet postings can be taken down as soon as they're put up, people in China can be skilled at finding channels for their opinions. One popular target is fakes. Fake products, fake credentials, even last year's highlight -- a TV news story, itself accused of being faked, about fake cardboard-filled buns...Read more...

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Two words:
bedevil - to possess with or as if with a devil; cause distress
shush (also as hush) - to urge to be quiet