Thread by @sumlokkei

#rant on hk media's inertia in political reporting post-2019:
- premise: mainstream media's coverage of the election to pick who selects hk's next CE is sign it is failing to serve the general public

- 1st, it stuck to the old forms of election stories: introducing candidates / their platforms / allegiances
- 2nd, it applied the opposition-establishment model in this particular election

- it is more than clear that it wasn't really an election, in the sense of having open competition of ideas / candidates
- gen pop have exactly zero votes to cast
- so what good does this "normal" level of coverage over an abnormal election does to the public?

- it gives a false sense of a legitimate media event happening to foreign press
- altho the pt that this is an election for 0.05% of hk was made
- misinfo like an oppositional figure being elected was broadcasted globally

- this is not going to happen for most but, for outlets with the capacity, should really think about how to cover future "elections" in hk, in a way that benefits the public, instead of just showing them how disempowered they are

end #rant: a lot of things taught in j-skl only applies to a normal society. going by the books may be the easier route but you'd only be fooling yourself it is going to be an amoral decision, or one that serves your readers