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Looking back reading Manufacturing Consent at a young age was one of the most important things I did. It sets you up for a liberating life of zero expectations
by shiado 6y ago
Looking back reading Manufacturing Consent at a young age was one of the most important things I did. It sets you up for a liberating life of zero expectations for media.
- 082349872349872 6y agoQ. Why do they call it a medium? A. Because it's neither rare nor well done. It was amusing to see Chinese tabs pull a tar-baby on Trump a few weeks ago, with regard to the trade treaty. When communists have tabloid journalism and hedge funds, it gets difficult to tell them apart from the capitalists. At least "having too few political parties" still seems a reasonable tell for repressive states. (to be fair, ad-supported journalism has had a much longer run than I'd thought it would) Edit: older than I'd thought: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/chinese-advisers-call-for-talks-on-new-trade-deal-with-u-s-global-times-idUSKBN22N1XC https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/chinese-a... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trade-trump/trump-not-interested-in-reopening-u-s-china-trade-deal-after-report-of-beijing-discontent-idUSKBN22N2UY https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trade-trump/tru...
- vkou 6y agoChina has been communist only in-name for the past 35 years.