The anecdote proves nothing because the model could potentially have known of the McGonagal character without ever being trained on the books, since that character appears in a lot of fan fiction. So their point is invalid and their anecdote proves nothing.
Sources from around the world say China behaved badly; Chinese state media says China did not behave badly. Sources debunked!
I have and I think that there is validity to the propoganda model.
But the propoganda model does not say that all reporting by Western media is false, only that Western media has a hidden bias. But while Western media has an underlying bias to shape a narrative that fits the interests of the wealthy, Chinese state media has an overt and explicit bias to push the narrative in a direction that fits the interests of the state.
So why would I be more skeptical of western reporting on the incident?
There were some Western news outlets that lied about the events and propagated false information, and there were some that that did not.
The fact that Western media outlets cannot be blindly trusted does not mean that the Chinese state controlled media can. The Chinese state has a lot more incentive to lie about the events than independent news orgs do.
Yeah, I actually didn't want to pull up the worst ones because I was on a work computer.
You're right, there isn't a single Western country that has a freer press than China. In fact, China may be the world's last bastion of open information and free speech.
I'm not going to seriously engage with your bullshit historical revisionism any more than I would seriously engage with a holocaust denier.
Exactly, because there were no civilians maimed or killed ;) Heck, tanks literally CAN'T maim or kill people, that's not what they're made for. Militaries exclusively bring in tanks to help spread love and peace and good vibes.
Actually, if you've seen the pictures of the military armed with rifles marching around the city that day, did you know that those were just the kind with the flag that pops out and says 'BANG!'? Haha they were just trying to give everybody a good laugh to ease the tension. And it WORKED and NO ONE GOT HURT!
Yes, Western media can definitely not be trusted. Better to get the real story from the secretive, authoritarian government that heavily suppresses speech and directly controls its major media outlets.
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