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That China censors and controls media is not wrong. The only reason we have the tank man video is because the journalist hid the tape in the back of his room's
by unityByFreedom 7y ago
That China censors and controls media is not wrong. The only reason we have the tank man video is because the journalist hid the tape in the back of his room's toilet.
Reporting via various foreign news outlets should also be taken with a grain of salt since they cannot get the full truth without endangering their presence. Three reputable newspapers were recently kicked out of the country.
What's really going on in China is guesswork to a greater degree than elsewhere. The communist party prefers it this way.
- billfruit 7y agoI meant it is journalistically wrong to depend upon dubious and unreliable sources as basis for analysis.. It can't be denied that there is much misinformation/mistranslation/misunderstanding regards news from China from such unreliable sources. That calls for a nuanced analysis, that is sorely lacking in debating China related topics here. I don't want to justify China, but the Wall Street Journal reporter who was ejected from Wuhan was overtly hostile, even cynical in their coverage, when the situation called for nuance. Also China officially has claimed the ejection of 3 US reporters a counter measure to the restrictions US has placed on Xinhua and People's Daily in operating in the US soil.
- billfruit 7y agoTank Man video too; I don't think it as significant as the west thinks it is. Chinese government now claims that it shows the 'humanity' of their armed forces.
- unityByFreedom 7y agoYes, so humane to bring in tanks to deal with a peaceful protest. Lol, I have to laugh because the viewpoint you present is so sad.