freagle@lemmygrad.ml 1 month ago
Alternate headline: China shows people what Taiwaners say to support a particular position.
freagle@lemmygrad.ml 1 month ago
Alternate headline: China shows people what Taiwaners say to support a particular position.
MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Probably the exploit is referring to taking what is said out of context and using very key clips to drive a narrative.
freagle@lemmygrad.ml 1 month ago
That is, quite literally, the definition of the news media in every country for the last 200 years (minimum)
MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
To varying degrees, yes. The key is the extent which that is true. china is an exceptionally bad actor here, and has been for a long time. So don’t throw around “everyone has always doing this” to dilute the extent or make it seem less pronounced and “everyone does this to this degree” you’re just engaging in basically whataboutism.
freagle@lemmygrad.ml 1 month ago
What an orientalist claim. British news media was crucial in launching the opium wars against China. The Iraq war was absolutely 100% supported by news media in multiple Western countries doing the bidding of the war hawks. China can’t possibly be a worse actor in this space than the many many examples of Western news media launching actual wars that killed millions.