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Western journalists 'fabricate' news: China media

Funny, I was just watching the domestic US news now in english and some dude saw the exact same thing and interpreted it as a lie. What a dilemma. I didnt realize you were some sort of megacomputer man that is free of bias and can break down the media and government with a mere snap of his fingers.

What the heck are you talking about?

Last I checked almost all news on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is given to the US media by the pentagon. Really objective. Lots of options... or one really.

1. Is it frabricated?
2. That doesn't mean that foreign journalists aren't inside both Iraq and Afghanistan reporting independently of the Pentagon. In the case of Iraq, there are MANY foreign journalists in the country reporting many things that are NOT dished out by the Pentagon.
 
They did find WMDs and chemical weapons.

The chemical weapons (mostly mustard gas) have always been there and Saddam had used them during the Iran-Iraq War. Many states possess chem weapons. WMD, as the Bush administration used the term, meant nuclear material. A state possessing mustard gas is not really a sound rationale for going to war. We found no nuclear material in Iraq, the little that Saddam had had was blown away during Desert fox in 1998.
 
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The media is killing us, and acting like officer Barbrady
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(by William Rivers Pitt)

"I watched CNN for a while this morning. There was quite a bit about Tea Party presidential hopefuls, a little bit about the weather, and oh yeah, a whole raft of Charlie Sheen coverage. I saw nothing about Wisconsin, nothing about Rep. King dusting off the rack in the House, nothing about Iraq, and nothing about Afghanistan."

"This Just In: America is dying, and the "mainstream" news media is the one sticking in the poisoned dagger.'

Sorry, Charlie | The Smirking Chimp
 
The media is killing us, and acting like officer Barbrady
officerBarbrady.gif


(by William Rivers Pitt)

"I watched CNN for a while this morning. There was quite a bit about Tea Party presidential hopefuls, a little bit about the weather, and oh yeah, a whole raft of Charlie Sheen coverage. I saw nothing about Wisconsin, nothing about Rep. King dusting off the rack in the House, nothing about Iraq, and nothing about Afghanistan."

"This Just In: America is dying, and the "mainstream" news media is the one sticking in the poisoned dagger.'

Sorry, Charlie | The Smirking Chimp

You have a point??? Are they manufacturing any news??? Didn't think so... You can always change the channel and watch another news outlet. In China, you don't have that option. There is the national government news channel, the provincial government news channel, in some cities, you have a municipal government news channel, and you have the party news channel... and I presume you know who controls all of those news channels... and who censors them and creates the news produced on those channels...
 
Read it, then react ...


"I was watching "Family Guy" the other day on the local Boston Fox affiliate when they interrupted the broadcast for the following news bulletin. I quote: "Charlie Sheen may joke about them, but witches and warlocks in Salem say it's no laughing matter. See why tonight on Fox News."

"The "mainstream" news media is so mouth-frothingly desperate to gin up a distraction - any distraction - to avoid reporting real news that the entire industry has latched on to the downward spiral of a half-assed actor like it is the end of the world. Charlie Sheen is gutting his life for all to see, the ultimate bread and circus, and the "news" is all too happy to follow the plunging arc of his career for the same reason they show car chases and house "


Sorry, Charlie | The Smirking Chimp
 
Read it, then react ...


"I was watching "Family Guy" the other day on the local Boston Fox affiliate when they interrupted the broadcast for the following news bulletin. I quote: "Charlie Sheen may joke about them, but witches and warlocks in Salem say it's no laughing matter. See why tonight on Fox News."

"The "mainstream" news media is so mouth-frothingly desperate to gin up a distraction - any distraction - to avoid reporting real news that the entire industry has latched on to the downward spiral of a half-assed actor like it is the end of the world. Charlie Sheen is gutting his life for all to see, the ultimate bread and circus, and the "news" is all too happy to follow the plunging arc of his career for the same reason they show car chases and house "


Sorry, Charlie | The Smirking Chimp

Again, your point? Are they fabricating anything? I actually found it amusing that when I checked on a Japanese paper's side a couple of hours ago to read info about the earthquake, the story beneath the earthquake was also Charlie Sheen...

Look, the point of the OP was that Western journalists are making up information and stories about China. Your posts have absolutely no relevance whatsoever...
 
Damn skippy. Liberals have been saying this since the 2000 election. Back in the nineties, CNN used to be so great. When they investigated "Iraq-Gate" under Bush Sr.,
(how the U.S. sold Saddam weapons) they had new updates every hour, not simply repeating the same clips all day. Now all they do is spin away. Don't look at the truth hidden behind my back, look at this more palatable version of history/reality sanitized and censored for your viewing pleasure. Or, in Fox News case, video from another event all together, file footage from wherever we choose to pull it from. :roll:

"BEIJING (AFP) - An official Chinese newspaper has accused foreign journalists in the country of fabricating news in the latest sign of official nerves over an online campaign for anti-government rallies."

Western journalists 'fabricate' news: China media - The West Australian

Well I know our journalists are really the most trustworthy of folk out there; but they're a hell of a lot better than the Chinese government. Don't tell me you actually believe something the Chinese government has said.
 
Well I know our journalists are really the most trustworthy of folk out there; but they're a hell of a lot better than the Chinese government. Don't tell me you actually believe something the Chinese government has said.

All news has an angle... China's news has it's CPC angle... with it's own considerations of power and security. Our own media has it's limitations rooted in other reasons. I watch Chinese news on occasion and don't find anything particularly outrageous about it. That news is somehow completely manufactured is a little too far from the truth, though.
 
All news has an angle... China's news has it's CPC angle... with it's own considerations of power and security. Our own media has it's limitations rooted in other reasons. I watch Chinese news on occasion and don't find anything particularly outrageous about it. That news is somehow completely manufactured is a little too far from the truth, though.

They not only apply an angle, they LIE. They completely and deliberately manipulate the news. They LIED about the U.S. lack of an apology after the bombing of the Chinese embassy in 1999. They LIED about the relationship between democracy and the demonstrations in Egypt a few weeks ago. There is a difference between having a different angle and outright LYING in your news reports... CNN, Fox, MSNBC have angles... the PRC news agencies LIE to make their point...
 
The people are sick of being oppressed. It would diffuse the already polarized and highly tense political atmosphere if the television media/news would stop lying to the people and tell them the truth instead of propagandizing them 24-7.

The constant terror scares, the false fears about this "marxist" plot, that "communist," targeting Assange for just releasing confidential files, the overtly oppressive censorship, not to mention the extremely offensive rhetoric coming from the mouths of govmnt officials, Feds or otherwise,
make America appear and feel like a dictatorship.
 
The people are sick of being oppressed. It would diffuse the already polarized and highly tense political atmosphere if the television media/news would stop lying to the people and tell them the truth instead of propagandizing them 24-7.

The constant terror scares, the false fears about this "marxist" plot, that "communist," targeting Assange for just releasing confidential files, the overtly oppressive censorship, not to mention the extremely offensive rhetoric coming from the mouths of govmnt officials, Feds or otherwise,
make America appear and feel like a dictatorship.

Have you ever LIVED in a dictatorship???
 
Doesn't it bother you that your political beliefs are being crammed down your throat by Elites and Think Tanks who program you with rhetoric?
 
Doesn't it bother you that your political beliefs are being crammed down your throat by Elites and Think Tanks who program you with rhetoric?

Who is cramming political beliefs down my throat? Your posts are displaying an ever increasing sense of paranoia and lack of logic...
 
Doesn't it bother you that your political beliefs are being crammed down your throat by Elites and Think Tanks who program you with rhetoric?

Who is cramming political beliefs down my throat? Your posts are displaying an ever increasing sense of paranoia and lack of logic...

Do these divide and conquer subjects look familiar?

There are similarly worded threads on this forum!

The ideas come from foundations and big business ...

Into the Mainstream

"Are black people inherently less intelligent and more prone to criminality than whites? Are Catholics incapable of self-government? Did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 strip Americans of their freedoms? Does a tiny cabal of Jewish families control international banking? Do interracial relationships have the effect of weakening both races? Are there natural ruling elites who should be governing society?"




Into the Mainstream | Southern Poverty Law Center
 
Do these divide and conquer subjects look familiar?

There are similarly worded threads on this forum!

The ideas come from foundations and big business ...

Into the Mainstream

"Are black people inherently less intelligent and more prone to criminality than whites? Are Catholics incapable of self-government? Did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 strip Americans of their freedoms? Does a tiny cabal of Jewish families control international banking? Do interracial relationships have the effect of weakening both races? Are there natural ruling elites who should be governing society?"




Into the Mainstream | Southern Poverty Law Center

What does this have to do with China's charge that Western media outlets fabricate news about China? You are going off on a rant that increasingly makes no sense whatsoever...
 
Big Business funds foundations which give grants to media, and Elites like Murdoch and Scaife program you with these media lies.
 
Big Business funds foundations which give grants to media, and Elites like Murdoch and Scaife program you with these media lies.

They might program you, but they don't program me. We have PLENTY of options to get our news... unlike in China where it is a totalitarian government who programs you with media lies and you don't have any other options...
 
What places do you like to read?
 
I read news in five different languages... I am not limited in my news coverage as mono-lingual Americans are...

CIA, huh?:2wave::toilet::soap
 
What?

Everyone knows this forum is run by the Pentagon.!
 
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