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Watch Chinese news to see that China has a very militaristic approach

by singularity2001 4y ago

avgcorrection 4y ago
Watch Fox News to see that Republicans have a very (shall we say) “militaristic approach” to the Great Powers enemies of the US. The US is still not going to attack them.
- galaxytachyon 4y ago
  I don't think that is a fair comparison. Fox News isn't an official government mouthpiece. For whatever favors they have, they still can't speak for the US government. No news source in the US is. China can't claim the same with the amount of censorship and information control they have. If a main news channel in China is pushing some type of information, it is very likely such information was explicitly approved by the Chinese government.
  - avgcorrection 4y ago
    > The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire, thus succeeds in concealing what is plainly the real reason for the US attack, sometimes conceded openly by Administration spokesmen. — Chomsky, Turning the Tide postscript, Sec. 2.3 My emphasis.
    - galaxytachyon 4y ago
      I know that. I am not deluded into thinking the US media is not at all influenced or affected by the US govt. But the point here is that the US news are free to say whatever it wants until the US govt says otherwise. In China, it is the other way around, the PRC tells the news what to say and the news isn't allowed to push a non-approved narrative, at least not on any noticeable scale. In fact, Fox News is so biased it is literally being sued right now and you can be sure Biden administration won't lift a single finger to help it. The current govt actually condemns almost everything Fox News say. That is why no single news source in the US speaks for the US govt. Unless all of them agrees with each other, they are just speaking for themselves.
      - avgcorrection 4y ago
        > But the point here is that the US news are free to say whatever it wants until the US govt says otherwise. I have the freedom to be unemployed. > That is why no single news source in the US speaks for the US govt. Unless all of them agrees with each other, they are just speaking for themselves. This is more or less true. The Media has to be aligned with the Establishment, not necessarily with the sitting government (one out of the duopoly).

Watch Chinese news to see that China has a very militaristic approach

Watch Fox News to see that Republicans have a very (shall we say) “militaristic approach” to the Great Powers enemies of the US. The US is still not going to attack them.

galaxytachyon 4y ago
I don't think that is a fair comparison. Fox News isn't an official government mouthpiece. For whatever favors they have, they still can't speak for the US government. No news source in the US is. China can't claim the same with the amount of censorship and information control they have. If a main news channel in China is pushing some type of information, it is very likely such information was explicitly approved by the Chinese government.
- avgcorrection 4y ago
  > The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire, thus succeeds in concealing what is plainly the real reason for the US attack, sometimes conceded openly by Administration spokesmen. — Chomsky, Turning the Tide postscript, Sec. 2.3 My emphasis.
  - galaxytachyon 4y ago
    I know that. I am not deluded into thinking the US media is not at all influenced or affected by the US govt. But the point here is that the US news are free to say whatever it wants until the US govt says otherwise. In China, it is the other way around, the PRC tells the news what to say and the news isn't allowed to push a non-approved narrative, at least not on any noticeable scale. In fact, Fox News is so biased it is literally being sued right now and you can be sure Biden administration won't lift a single finger to help it. The current govt actually condemns almost everything Fox News say. That is why no single news source in the US speaks for the US govt. Unless all of them agrees with each other, they are just speaking for themselves.
    - avgcorrection 4y ago
      > But the point here is that the US news are free to say whatever it wants until the US govt says otherwise. I have the freedom to be unemployed. > That is why no single news source in the US speaks for the US govt. Unless all of them agrees with each other, they are just speaking for themselves. This is more or less true. The Media has to be aligned with the Establishment, not necessarily with the sitting government (one out of the duopoly).