There’s protests happening in China and people will show me an article from AP, Reuters or CNN and ask “What the fuck is happening in China??”
I understand the question is “what is actually happening that the media is hiding?”. But:
What’s happening is nothing worth mentioning. Stuff happens all the time.
The media emphasizes those small acts and gives them a voice, and we internalise this voice even if we don’t want to. They make mountains out of a molehill and we see that mountain too, even when we realise it can’t be a mountain.
This goes for things not relating to protests or China too. If it comes from western media, distrust it already. Assume bad faith. Distance yourself from it as much as possible.
yes, yes they do. Anti lockdown protests in North America? A sign of our inherit freedom. A tiny (probably US funded) protest in a massive Chinese city is a sign of just how authoritarian big bad evil China is.
I know he’s not the best, but after reading Manufacturing Consent as a teenager, any media bullshit from mainstream US media is so easy to read through