Re: AMERICA'S YELLOW PRESS

"ltlee1" <ltlee1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Jul 1, 4:38 am, "Toby" <kyma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "ltlee1" <ltl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jun 30, 5:52 am, "Toby" <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In a word: what occurs should be re****ted. The freer the flow of
> > information
> > the better. CCP does not want an informed populace, which might end up
> > questioning its legitimacy.
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> > The flip side of the coin, as you point out, is that an unregulated 
> > press
> > looking only for profit can distort the flow of information as well,
but
> > as
> > long as there is little or no censor****p then there will always be
> > multiple
> > sources of information. Some will be "better" than others, but at
least 
> > an
> > informed citizen will find access to many points of view and many
> > "biases",
> > from which to make up her/his own mind. The best information might
well 
> > be
> > hard to find, but it will be there for those willing to make the
effort.
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> > This is not true of information flow in China, which is highly
regulated
> > by
> > the government for its own purposes.
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> All journalists are "regulated" by their biases and/or by their
> checkbook. Example: At one time two out of three Americans believed
> that Iraq and Iraqis were involved in the 9/11 bombing which was an
> high profile event in America as well as other part of the world. Were
> the Chinese people similarly mistaken after reading the Chinese press?
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> As I was very active at the time, I can assure you that there were
plenty 
> of
> alternative news sources which strongly argued against any connection
> between Iraq and 9/11. Such alternatives do not exist in China.

Althernative for who's sake?  My point is that despite or because all
the alternatives, 2 out 3 had led to believe the connection between
Iraq and 9/11.
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> This is the essence of a free press: all sides are allowed an audience.

Yes. All falseshood are allowed an audiences. Hence American free
press is also American yellow press. Hence America has become "a
democracy withou citizens."

This is pure faulty logic, and the second part is also a non-sequitur. You

are very good at twisting information to meet your ends, a true son of the

dragon.

Yellow press is a subset of free press, but does not define the latter.

Toby