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(if only HN had eye-roll reacts) Radio Free Europe was/is not a propaganda outlet any more than the BBC is a propaganda outlet (in fact, this is why Trump hate
by ForHackernews 1y ago
(if only HN had eye-roll reacts)
Radio Free Europe was/is not a propaganda outlet any more than the BBC is a propaganda outlet (in fact, this is why Trump hates it). To an authoritarian, free press looks like propaganda.
Showcasing what makes your society great is propaganda only inasmuch as it casts the failures of other models into sharper relief. Liberal democracy is not a propaganda trick, it's just better.
- guappa 1y agoHave you ever listened to it? I have.
- itishappy 1y agoDo you see many stories critical of US foreign policy?
- amendegree 1y agoI mean… yes the BBC is very much a propaganda outlet as is every single modern media organization. People who claim their media isn’t propaganda have already been brainwashed.
- guappa 1y agoBBC right before the brexit vote was like: "now we listen to this well spoken university professor tell us why brexit will fix all our problems", and then, to offer balanced views: "we will listen to this random person who likes europe and we picked from a street 3 minutes ago so they don't have a nice coherent speech and will sound like they're stupid"
- ForHackernews 1y agoI'm sorry but this is such a midwit take. Your uber-skepticism of "every single modern media organization" does not make you a savvy free-thinker, it just makes you more likely to fall down some gibbering conspiratorial rabbit hole on youtube or tiktok. Yes, media entities have biases and viewpoints; no, that doesn't make them propaganda organs.
- LtWorf 1y agoIs it propaganda only when you disagree?
- christianqchung 1y ago"everything that isn't tiktok/podcasts is propaganda"
- LtWorf 1y agoRadio Free Europe was literally owned by the CIA.
- lioeters 1y ago> Radio Free Europe was/is not a propaganda outlet any more than the BBC is a propaganda outlet If only HN had eye-roll reacts.