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> The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidde

• Twirrim 8mo ago
  The opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics included a celebration of the National Health Service, which got mysteriously cut from the broadcast in the US, at a time when there was a bunch of fuss over Obamacare that had come into effect a year or two before. Was hard not to imagine that was a deliberate choice.
  • dboreham 8mo ago
    Drug companies and insurers are big advertisers.
    • alextingle 8mo ago
      That's insane.
    • red-iron-pine 8mo ago
      look at the Fortune 500, and notice how many of them are top 10, or top 50 many of the US' problems can be figured out simply by looking at this list
  • atoav 8mo ago
    Well the "no censorship!"-crowd in rhe US has been strangly focused on the censorship of racists, bigots and nazis. I don't think they consider censorship that benefits the Neo-feudalist lords as censorship.
    • johnnyanmac 8mo ago
      The naive part of me these past years was thinking that calling out contradictions would bring shame and reflection to these people. It's still important to call them out for all the onlookers, but he goal in suc discussions should not be to try and convince the other party in these cases. They at best don't care and are going all on vibes, and at worst knowingly contradict because their goal is also onlookers.
  • wtcactus 8mo ago
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    • whycombigator 8mo ago
      Every Brit has used the NHS multiple times. It's far from perfect but no propaganda is ever required, just direct experience.
      • wtcactus 8mo ago
        Every Brit has also used a Pub multiple times. Let’s nacionalize them and make them “free”.
        • johnnyanmac 8mo ago
          I don't think anyone will complain about a cheap federally funded bar. And if they do they still have their fancy expensive bar to go to. So what's the problem here?
        • wookmaster 8mo ago
          What a lousy try at an argument
    • giacomoforte 8mo ago
      The NHS is a bit like the NRA in the US. Politicians and rich folk would ideally do away with it, but they cannot, so they have to play lip service to gain favour with the public. So its not propaganda in the way you are thinking of.
      • cjbenedikt 8mo ago
        What a mental stretch to compare a free life saving organisation with a organisation that supports guns to kill with. Seriously?
        • johneth 8mo ago
  • riedel 8mo ago
    Even if a large conspiracy isn't involved, I believe that biases in worldview can contribute to these effects. However, I still think it's important to inform people of things they might be missing and hold media accountable for their choices, regardless of whether those choices are random or unknowingly biasedWe need to be careful not to fall into the allure of "fake media" in our outrage, as this could ultimately benefit populists in the long run.
  • tim333 8mo ago
    They might have just thought it a bit boring? You can check it out - the first couple of minutes here of people in nurse costumes standing by beds and moving around a bit. Not really must see stuff. https://youtu.be/ReJjvlipXpM https://youtu.be/ReJjvlipXpM
  • kcplate 8mo ago
    I’m in the US and I saw it and recall thinking it was a strange thing to specifically celebrate in the Olympic opening ceremonies. But to each their own.
    • vizzier 8mo ago
      Look again at the insurmountable hill that is the US's potential transition to a fully public healthcare system, and consider that celebrating having done that elsewhere might be valid.
      • kcplate 8mo ago
        Strange hill to celebrate climbing if the peak is a healthcare system widely regarded both inside and outside the UK as mediocre at best.
        • plugger 8mo ago
          Could be worse, at least they don't have to choose between financial ruin or a healthy life.
    • beAbU 8mo ago
      The NHS is the UK's one and only True and Universal Religion, and it's quintessentially british, like Mr Bean, crumpets and the queen. Not celebrating the NHS during the London Olympics opening is akin to blasphemy. Maybe it was cut for some international broadcasts because not everyone will understand.
• rippeltippel 8mo ago
  > audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden Will they? Possibly a portion of them, but I doubt they'll be the majority.