Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter

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Post by bale » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 7:49 PM UTC

Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
nytimes.com

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Post by the-dude » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:10 PM UTC

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Post by itisit » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:12 PM UTC

the-dude wrote: post #2

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This comment is parroting Chomsky.

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Post by the-dude » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

itisit wrote: post #3

the-dude wrote: post #2

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This comment is parroting Chomsky.

Doesn't make it less true.

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Post by tehjoker » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

Doesn't the US broadcast regime change propaganda into the country via Radio Free Asia / Radio Free Liberty etc?

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Post by the-dude » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:16 PM UTC

tehjoker wrote: post #5

Doesn't the US broadcast regime change propaganda into the country via Radio Free Asia / Radio Free Liberty etc?

Sometimes the US broadcasts bombs too.

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Post by cyb_ » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:17 PM UTC

tehjoker wrote: post #5

Doesn't the US broadcast regime change propaganda into the country via Radio Free Asia / Radio Free Liberty etc?

> Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in "what about…?") is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy, which attempts to discredit an opponent's position by charging hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving the argument

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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Post by adamsb6 » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:17 PM UTC

Why would Shanghai police care to manufacture opinion abroad? I consume a decent amount of news and rarely see Shanghai mentioned in American newspapers.

Or is this supposed to be one part of a larger effort, tasked to work on stories that are actually of global concern, having nothing to do with Shanghai?

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Post by chroem- » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:19 PM UTC

the-dude wrote: post #4

itisit wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment is parroting Chomsky.

Doesn't make it less true.

Chomsky spent a good part of his career claiming the Cambodian Genocide was just US propaganda.

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Post by creato » Wed, Dec 22, 2021, 8:21 PM UTC

tehjoker wrote: post #5

Doesn't the US broadcast regime change propaganda into the country via Radio Free Asia / Radio Free Liberty etc?

Radio Free Asia/Liberty/etc. don't pretend to be someone else while they are broadcasting.