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Might it make you uncritically believe anything the NYT and Washington establishment media claims? Even if their primary sources are extremely dubious?
by pphysch 5y ago
Might it make you uncritically believe anything the NYT and Washington establishment media claims? Even if their primary sources are extremely dubious?
- chroem- 5y agoMy daily first-hand encounters with China's 50 cent army suggest it's more than just dubious claims. If anything, the NYT is late to the party.
- pphysch 5y agoSorry, but this is just naïve. Washington/NY media invented "yellow journalism" long before the PRC or your scapegoat "wumao" bogeyman even existed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism#Hearst_in_San_Francisco,_Pulitzer_in_New_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism#Hearst_in_Sa...
- chroem- 5y agoNo, I mean I myself am bombarded by people who self-identify as wumao on the various internet forums I visit. I don't read the New York Times or other "mainstream" journalism outlets. The 50 cent army has become extremely pervasive and obnoxious with their off-topic spam over the last 12 months. It's very frustrating to use most of my usual forums because of just how intensely the wumaos spam them now.