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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
I find it strange that the Western media is being accused of propaganda. I mean seriously when you look at how the media works in the West you'll find that this is a stretch at best. The Western media is very rarely state owned, and when it is, (the BBC for example) it is not answerable in terms of what it reports rather is run as a state owned enterprise. The only agenda the Western media has is to sell a story. And while I think it capable of exaggeration to sell a story I don't think it capable of fabricating lies. I mean do you really think that ALL the Western media outlets in competition with each other for our attention would have the will or the ability to collaborate with each other to report the SAME lies so that it appears so very real? Are they really ready to risk their integrity which would mean risk losing viewers/readers to the competition? (I mean you see what happens to Fox News. Outside the US it is not a respected media outlet. Heck even in the US it is not relied on by a good percentage of the population.)
Not to mention that the Chinese state owned and operated media are hardly angels. The difference between the two is that China's state media HAS not only a motive, but also the ability to fabricate lies. Do you remember the Olympic torch coverage? The Chinese population were not exposed to the disruptions all over the globe (From Britain to Japan) because the Chinese media did not report it. Instead they told the Chinese people that everything went smoothly. Also why did China BAN foriegn media from Tibet during the riots? What did they have to hide? If there is a serious case of misreporting, then perhaps it is China's fault for not allowing foriegn media in which lead them to rely on second hand information from the many tourists inside Tibet at the time. (Are all the tourists selling the same lie too?)
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I'd just like to say something about that sentence I highlighted. I think it's pretty obvious you don't really know how the News world works. Didn't you know that MOST western News channels get their info from the same source? I'll get back to you with the specific name (My brother works for Al Jazeera, he'll be able to tell me the name).
As for the Chinese news channels not broadcasting anything about the protests etc. Did you actually watch any Chinese news channels? I think not. If you did, you'd see that they DID in fact show and talk about the riots, hence why the Chinese people boycotted Carrefour, a huge french supermarket chain. hmmm, I wonder. Did the western media lie about this too
, obviously they did, or at least, mislead the west.
With regards to the Tibet issue and letting reporters in. To be honest with you, that is blown WELL out of proportion, and once again, you've just given the opinion of the western media. There could be a million reasons as to why they didn't let reporters in. Heck, I could think of a simple example right now. China didn't have the situation under control therefore didn't want to have the risk of getting foreigners killed which leads to even more trouble. Just a possible reason out of millions. Not allowing access or coverage of something doesn't automatically mean someone, somehwere is hiding something, unless of course it's the media. It's tasty news if the foreigner is evil, and the homeland is the angel
It works like this for every countries media. Chinese, US, European etc. They're all doing the same thing, hence why I prefer to look at both sides of the story.
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Originally Posted by Paul11
Not sure how to answer that, because it comes from almost everything we learn about China. Every documentary I've ever seen and all the news I see. Of course things are changing there, but I still am not ready top believe anything the leaders in china say.
Isn't Algeria near Argentina?  Were you in the foreign legion? I love algerian movies and beef jerky!  |
lol, it's a shame. You should visit China for a while. You'll be pleasently surprised at how different it is to the western image of it.
haha, that's not as bad as some of the questions I get... and yeah, Algerian movies are great
in fact, the first tarzan movie was shot in Algeria