credit to our american friends who inspired this article
Earlier this week I woke up and I felt 10% dumber than I have ever felt before. This really bothered me and on reflection I realised I had spent the previous week consuming more than my usual dosage of NEWS.
I generally try to minimise my news consumption but when I had slipped up it had never been a problem in the past. I knew what type of news I was consuming. For facts I go to certain sources, for opinions I go to others, for other point of views I go to other sources. Then I make my own opinion
What I have found is the lines have become incredibly blurred between facts, opinions etc It is like ordering whisky and realising it had been watered down with vodka. There are times I want whiskey and time I want vodka but most importantly I need to know I am getting what I ordered.
So after 3 years of brexit conversation and everyone having an opinion on it, we now have the same attitude on a lot of things. News coverage, especially by the BBC is something that should remain FACTUAL and UNBIAS. When opinions start sneaking into the news even if the majority agree that it is a fair opinion we all need to curb it. It is a slippery path that can only lead to US style news coverage which divides so please lets not do this to our country.
CNN VS FOX
posted on 30/5/20
And to say no one says anything about China is just rubbish. The mainstream media obsessively covered the Hong Kong protests for months with clear sympathies for Hong Kong protesters.
posted on 30/5/20
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Emery OUT!!! (U7482)
posted 5 minutes ago
And to say no one says anything about China is just rubbish. The mainstream media obsessively covered the Hong Kong protests for months with clear sympathies for Hong Kong protesters.
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I think the point is they have one of the largest openly racist cultures on the planet and that is rarely reported.
Japan has had issues with Koreans stranded in Japan that werent even allowed to learn their own language and we're treated as non citizens, but they generally operate with way more moral decency than China.
China has issues that it refuses to accept are even issues and the Hong Kong situation is different from reporting on just how superior they feel they are to every other culture.
Maybe the Saudis are worse, I haven't experienced their regime first hand and again the media coverage is limited but China is a super power.
Their average wage is only a little behind ours but very few Chinese have any acceptance or respect towards other culture's. We won't even open then can of worms that is Taiwan 😞
posted on 30/5/20
Their average wage is only a little behind ours but very few Chinese have any acceptance or respect towards other culture's. We won't even open then can of worms that is Taiwan 😞
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Well the WHO didn't listen to Taiwan about Corona because they don't see them as their own country, they told them in January that there is evidence of human to human transmission but WHO ignored them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlCYFh8U2xM
A very fatal mistake amongst many.
posted on 30/5/20
comment by Sheriff John Brown - Emery OUT!!! (U7482)
posted 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
And to say no one says anything about China is just rubbish. The mainstream media obsessively covered the Hong Kong protests for months with clear sympathies for Hong Kong protesters.
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I mean they don't really criticize them
posted on 30/5/20
comment by new cdm obsesion - julian garner (U13920)
posted 13 hours, 42 minutes ago
this is sad, I like to think I love people from every race. But I am finding it harder to justify treating chinese people with love/respect when their government and people openly show contempt to other races
Then I have to remind myself that even if 99.99% of a type of people act a certain way, I should not be prejudice against the person in front of me as he/she might fall into the 0.01%
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It's their communist regime that's bad.
This guy who knows a lot about china he thinks that the regime will collapse soon, I'm not too sure it will happen but an interesting video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDivflF5Bo
posted on 30/5/20
comment by Passion Power - Pablo, Marí me¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (U8398)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by new cdm obsesion - julian garner (U13920)
posted 13 hours, 42 minutes ago
this is sad, I like to think I love people from every race. But I am finding it harder to justify treating chinese people with love/respect when their government and people openly show contempt to other races
Then I have to remind myself that even if 99.99% of a type of people act a certain way, I should not be prejudice against the person in front of me as he/she might fall into the 0.01%
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It's their communist regime that's bad.
This guy who knows a lot about china he thinks that the regime will collapse soon, I'm not too sure it will happen but an interesting video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDivflF5Bo
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Lots of their culture has been sewn over such a long period I cannot see how the government, that's controlled 20% of the world's population for so long, loses ability to manipulate the nation that quickly.
posted on 30/5/20
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Earlier this week I woke up and I felt 10% dumber than I have ever felt before.
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That would reduce you to a level similar to that of an over ripe turnip! My apologies to all over ripe turnips.
posted on 30/5/20
comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 3 hours, 11 minutes ago
comment by Passion Power - Pablo, Marí me¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (U8398)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by new cdm obsesion - julian garner (U13920)
posted 13 hours, 42 minutes ago
this is sad, I like to think I love people from every race. But I am finding it harder to justify treating chinese people with love/respect when their government and people openly show contempt to other races
Then I have to remind myself that even if 99.99% of a type of people act a certain way, I should not be prejudice against the person in front of me as he/she might fall into the 0.01%
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It's their communist regime that's bad.
This guy who knows a lot about china he thinks that the regime will collapse soon, I'm not too sure it will happen but an interesting video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXDivflF5Bo
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Lots of their culture has been sewn over such a long period I cannot see how the government, that's controlled 20% of the world's population for so long, loses ability to manipulate the nation that quickly.
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there is no way the communist party is losing power anytime soon. The level of control is unreal and you can argue unlike places like US and UK where the few see improvement in their living standards in china the vast majority of people have. So it is not in their interest to really rock the boat to fight for the very few outsiders that are there.
The only thing that can rock china is if their supply line gets choked up. But while there are many nations to exploit that is not happening anytime soon.
posted on 30/5/20
comment by Globaled (U7198)
posted 5 minutes ago
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Earlier this week I woke up and I felt 10% dumber than I have ever felt before.
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That would reduce you to a level similar to that of an over ripe turnip! My apologies to all over ripe turnips.
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If ony I was as clever as you
Please tell me, what is your secret
posted on 22/6/20
My Yankee friends tell me that FOX is slowly turning to the left. Difference between CNN & FOX, with the exception of a few shows, is minimal?