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Be careful with FT.com. They're notoriously anti-China. I believe they're backed by the Japanese - who themselves feel threatened by China's economic rise. For
by senttoschool 3y ago
Be careful with FT.com. They're notoriously anti-China.
I believe they're backed by the Japanese - who themselves feel threatened by China's economic rise. For example, China's EV industry threaten's a major part of Japan's economic, cars.
Therefore, FT has an intrinsic reason to sow China discord in the US so Americans buy less Chinese goods and more Japanese goods.
We need to be more aware of where biases in mainstream media can come from.
- News-Dog 3y agoFinancial Times – Bias and Credibility : https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/financial-times/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/financial-times/
- manuelabeledo 3y agoThis is akin to saying that all media outlets from certain countries, share geopolitical concerns with the governments of such countries, which is obviously nonsense.
- senttoschool 3y agoNo, I'm saying that you need to be aware of any and all propaganda. There's a meme out there that shows North Koreans being force fed propaganda. Meanwhile, Americans voluntarily ingest propaganda. It's not far off from the truth. In order to get a balanced view, readers of FT.com should also read more pro/neutral-China news sources.
- manuelabeledo 3y agoAre you suggesting that North Korean media outlets are as free and impartial as American ones? That is a hot take if I have ever seen one. FT does not have a track of bashing China, and Japanese media outlets are not controlled and editorialized by the Japanese government. It would also be absurd to balance what FT says by consulting pro-China sources, because even if FT was indeed filled with Japanese propaganda, what good would come from comparing it to Chinese propaganda?
- senttoschool 3y agoMedia does not need government control to be bias and spilling propaganda.
- manuelabeledo 3y agoYou still need some proof that such thing is happening with FT. Your original point also was: > I believe they're backed by the Japanese - who themselves feel threatened by China's economic rise. So, who are "the Japanese" in this context? The whole country of Japan? Is the whole country "biased" too?
- onetokeoverthe 3y ago[dead]