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All western, liberal media sources refuse to publish anything that paints China in a good light. <conspiracy-theory>I think it is because the US is falling beh

by valgor 8y ago

All western, liberal media sources refuse to publish anything that paints China in a good light. <conspiracy-theory>I think it is because the US is falling behind while China is pushing forward.</conspiracy-theory> However, China media sources are as completely bias as western sources, only in the opposite direction. I suspect reality is some where in the middle.

def- 8y ago
Sounds familiar: > Vladimir Bukovsky maintained that the middle ground between the Big Lie of Soviet propaganda and the truth was itself a lie, and one should not be looking for a middle ground between disinformation and information.[5] According to him, people from the Western pluralistic civilization are more prone to this fallacy because they are used to resolving problems by making compromises and accepting alternative interpretations—unlike Russians, who are looking for the absolute truth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation
ratling 8y ago
They aren’t? China is really good at copying/stealing other people’s ideas. Not coming up with the next big thing.
- withhighprod 8y ago
  Chinese won’t tell you they are working on the next big thing. Oh let’s don’t put ride sharing and other tech nonsense into the picture. “Shared bicycle” startup scaled up in China the first time and they just burned billions with close to zero values
simonh 8y ago
Western media sources (many of which are not liberal) rarely publish anything that paints anyone in a good light. Why should they make an exception for China? They hold everyone's feet to the fire all the time, and so they should.
- valgor 8y ago
  I used the term 'liberal' as in they are pro-market, which the Economist claims to be.
woodandsteel 8y ago
>All western, liberal media sources refuse to publish anything that paints China in a good light. <conspiracy-theory That's not at all true. I have seen countless articles in the mainstream media over the years about the huge gains China has made. What I also see a lot is that when the mainstream press reports something that is going bad in China, then China defenders will say something like you just did.

by valgor 8y ago

def- 8y ago

Sounds familiar: > Vladimir Bukovsky maintained that the middle ground between the Big Lie of Soviet propaganda and the truth was itself a lie, and one should not be looking for a middle ground between disinformation and information.[5] According to him, people from the Western pluralistic civilization are more prone to this fallacy because they are used to resolving problems by making compromises and accepting alternative interpretations—unlike Russians, who are looking for the absolute truth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation

ratling 8y ago

They aren’t? China is really good at copying/stealing other people’s ideas. Not coming up with the next big thing.

withhighprod 8y ago
Chinese won’t tell you they are working on the next big thing. Oh let’s don’t put ride sharing and other tech nonsense into the picture. “Shared bicycle” startup scaled up in China the first time and they just burned billions with close to zero values

simonh 8y ago

Western media sources (many of which are not liberal) rarely publish anything that paints anyone in a good light. Why should they make an exception for China? They hold everyone's feet to the fire all the time, and so they should.

valgor 8y ago
I used the term 'liberal' as in they are pro-market, which the Economist claims to be.

woodandsteel 8y ago

>All western, liberal media sources refuse to publish anything that paints China in a good light. <conspiracy-theory That's not at all true. I have seen countless articles in the mainstream media over the years about the huge gains China has made. What I also see a lot is that when the mainstream press reports something that is going bad in China, then China defenders will say something like you just did.