1. Which brings me to @BBCWorld yesterday, radio, when they report on the Chinese gov's stripping of actual political power from Hong Kong's legislature, which the coverage notes erodes (kills) democracy there. But then closes the report w: the Chinese govn't defends the move
https://twitter.com/GRobLewis/status/1370423959393497088
2. saying it will bring stability to the region.
That's it. No context. Just the Chinese propaganda line about needing to kill Hong Kong's democracy bc its more stable. BBC World reported that way to maintain a "standard of impartiality" in the "hard news" report. And it got me
That's it. No context. Just the Chinese propaganda line about needing to kill Hong Kong's democracy bc its more stable. BBC World reported that way to maintain a "standard of impartiality" in the "hard news" report. And it got me
3. thinking, will they be reporting about the death of OUR democracy, actually scratch that- reverse it, ARE they reporting on the death of our democracy the same way? "The Republicans argue the changes are needed to ensure election integrity."
Every time we hear a news report
Every time we hear a news report
4. either from BBC or any other outlet that spits that line out without the BUT and adds the context that there were intensive efforts by Republicans to expose fraud in the 2020 cycle which failed to produce any evidence of fraud.
BC otherwise, all you are doing in that report
BC otherwise, all you are doing in that report
5. is spreading "normalizing" propaganda. That's NOT impartiality.
Please national, state, local, and international media: don't let democracies die this way!
Please national, state, local, and international media: don't let democracies die this way!
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