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Western propaganda apparatuses have strict policies on what is "fit to print" regarding state enemies like North Korea, so you simply are getting a cherry-picke
by pphysch 2y ago
Western propaganda apparatuses have strict policies on what is "fit to print" regarding state enemies like North Korea, so you simply are getting a cherry-picked narrative.
Reuters could post TFA with the headline "quirky Scandinavian socialist city scapes!" and no one would bat an eye.
- imtringued 2y agoYeah sure, but a cherry picked narrative is still better than the official narratives in North Korea, which happen to be completely divorced from reality and made up on the spot to make the ruling class look good.
- echoangle 2y agoHow are these policies enforced? Can you look them up somewhere? Are they handed out to journalists once they start working at a newspaper? Who creates the policy? Are the the same in all western countries? How is that supposed to work?
- pphysch 2y agoIt's called "editorial policy", specifically the editorial policy for international topics. The big mainstream firms like NYT even include the government in their editorial process for high-risk topics, because they don't want to publish things that might "put American lives at risk" or other euphemisms for government censorship. Check out the career arcs for the top international editors; it's not a very ideologically diverse crowd! These policies are quietly enforced by the systemic firing and blacklisting of journalists (and presses) that demonstrate journalistic integrity in violation of the policies.
- cududa 2y ago[flagged]
- dragonelite 2y agoIts like those well known China grey filtered pictures western media likes to use xD.
- matkoniecz 2y agoCan you share any sources supporting your claims? For start, propaganda here is done not with "have strict policies on what is "fit to print"" but in other ways. Also, few things apply so generally across all western apparatuses of any kind anyway. Also, for North Korea just accurate info is enough so no cherry-picked narrative is even needed anyway.
- pphysch 2y agoHere's a particularly egregious example from just a month ago: https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/ https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide... You can imagine that there are similarly draconian editorial guidelines and policies for topics regarding North Korea, China, Russia, and the other Big Bads; the proof is in the pudding.
- Georgelemental 2y agoOver half the pictures are from KCNA (North Korean state media).
- pphysch 2y agoSure, and most of them are pleasant/neutral pictures -- they could just as easily be from Europe. But the headline and overall framing of these mundane images is not from KCNA, it's from their geopolitical counterparts.
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