Western Media bias against China
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It still bothers me. Isn't Alaska a big enough to make the US larger than China? I am guessing the difference in Longitude left an error on the map.....
I think the international standard for water boundaries is 12 nm in open oceans?
It still bothers me. Isn't Alaska a big enough to make the US larger than China? I am guessing the difference in Longitude left an error on the map.....
I think the international standard for water boundaries is 12 nm in open oceans?
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I don't think that shows bias, it's an issue of sources. Why not e-mail the BBC and ask for them to check their info?
Every media group has some sort of bias. But most people I've ever talked to say that the BBC remains generally neutral, especially given the attitude of its competitors. The BBC recently had a discussion with Chinese bloggers on media censorship within China and gave as much time to people that said it "wasn't a problem" as those that did.
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I don't think that shows bias, it's an issue of sources. Why not e-mail the BBC and ask for them to check their info?
Every media group has some sort of bias. But most people I've ever talked to say that the BBC remains generally neutral, especially given the attitude of its competitors. The BBC recently had a discussion with Chinese bloggers on media censorship within China and gave as much time to people that said it "wasn't a problem" as those that did.
DPRKPTboat
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Have you notced how the media always tells us that western miltary technology is stae of the art and supoerior to everyone elses? Since you are saying that there is a media bias, how do we know that's true in all cases? We know that troops in Iraq are porrly equipped in some cases. And you have you also noticed how we always comment on Chinese or Russian technology as being junk? Well, you'll find that the other side sees it opposite. I went to Russia recently, school trip. We were at the Cosmonaut museum, and one of the guys commented on how U.S. space technology is ahead of Russian technology. Then museum guide notced. She gave him a stern look and a burst of Russian. Our english-speaking guide translated it as "actually, Russian technology is 20 to 30 years ahead of American technology." Thats what the Soviet media had been tellign her, and thats probably what CCTV says about Chinese technology. How do we know our media isn't saying the sme thing? It could be telling us our politics and technology are better than it actually is. For all we know, the truth could be that the U.S. is justa s bad as China or Russia in trerms of technology or Politics.
Have you notced how the media always tells us that western miltary technology is stae of the art and supoerior to everyone elses? Since you are saying that there is a media bias, how do we know that's true in all cases? We know that troops in Iraq are porrly equipped in some cases. And you have you also noticed how we always comment on Chinese or Russian technology as being junk? Well, you'll find that the other side sees it opposite. I went to Russia recently, school trip. We were at the Cosmonaut museum, and one of the guys commented on how U.S. space technology is ahead of Russian technology. Then museum guide notced. She gave him a stern look and a burst of Russian. Our english-speaking guide translated it as "actually, Russian technology is 20 to 30 years ahead of American technology." Thats what the Soviet media had been tellign her, and thats probably what CCTV says about Chinese technology. How do we know our media isn't saying the sme thing? It could be telling us our politics and technology are better than it actually is. For all we know, the truth could be that the U.S. is justa s bad as China or Russia in trerms of technology or Politics.
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The way I see it, western countries have a preconceived notion that they are the superior civilization to everyone in the world. They NEED to feel superior.
And they view facts in a way that supports this need for superiority. Facts that make other societies look less advanced are exaggerated. Facts that make other societies look more advanced are ignored.
This is why western countries are the most brainwashed of all! What other countries have this deep seated need to feel superior to everybody else?
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The way I see it, western countries have a preconceived notion that they are the superior civilization to everyone in the world. They NEED to feel superior.
And they view facts in a way that supports this need for superiority. Facts that make other societies look less advanced are exaggerated. Facts that make other societies look more advanced are ignored.
This is why western countries are the most brainwashed of all! What other countries have this deep seated need to feel superior to everybody else?
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That is far too generalised. Most of us couldn't give two hoots about such things. Just because some Americans feel that way doesn't mean people in other countries do.
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That is far too generalised. Most of us couldn't give two hoots about such things. Just because some Americans feel that way doesn't mean people in other countries do.
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With the exception of me of course.
You are right if you mean matters of simple geography, history, politics outside of the US. Most Americans are clueless in these matters. I found this so true once I moved from the multi-cutural state of California to the near mono culture of Iowa. These peope here have little clue about what goes on outside of Iowa. They are not dumb..just ignorant. Lacking education. I think that's why I spend so much time on the internet.
You fellows in this forum are some of the brightest people I know. I mean that sincerly.
With the exception of me of course.
You are right if you mean matters of simple geography, history, politics outside of the US. Most Americans are clueless in these matters. I found this so true once I moved from the multi-cutural state of California to the near mono culture of Iowa. These peope here have little clue about what goes on outside of Iowa. They are not dumb..just ignorant. Lacking education. I think that's why I spend so much time on the internet.
You fellows in this forum are some of the brightest people I know. I mean that sincerly.
PiSigma
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not just americans are ignorant, all nations are ignorant. if you go to china, people from different provinces will not know much about other provinces, especially in poor rural areas. the cities are a lot better. europe is probably the least ignorant place in the world since they have so many advanced nations all packed together in a small area. but when comes to politics, many of them are still ignorant to the point they can only view things from their one perspective (i'm only talking about the government here).
not just americans are ignorant, all nations are ignorant. if you go to china, people from different provinces will not know much about other provinces, especially in poor rural areas. the cities are a lot better. europe is probably the least ignorant place in the world since they have so many advanced nations all packed together in a small area. but when comes to politics, many of them are still ignorant to the point they can only view things from their one perspective (i'm only talking about the government here).
Roger604
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It's not the ignorance that creates a systemic bias. Everybody is ignorant of something.
But rather it's the feeling of superiority that distorts facts... facts become distorted to fit this preconceived notion. There is always an underlying fear of challenges to the preconceived notion.
This feeling of superiority is most noticable in western countries, especially English-speaking countries. The way this is manifested is that western media portrays the west as the single enlightened and advanced civilization on earth. It portrays western countries as the "good guys" and everybody else as the "bad guys." This, I think, is a very dangerous and aggressive frame of mind.
It's not the ignorance that creates a systemic bias. Everybody is ignorant of something.
But rather it's the feeling of superiority that distorts facts... facts become distorted to fit this preconceived notion. There is always an underlying fear of challenges to the preconceived notion.
This feeling of superiority is most noticable in western countries, especially English-speaking countries. The way this is manifested is that western media portrays the west as the single enlightened and advanced civilization on earth. It portrays western countries as the "good guys" and everybody else as the "bad guys." This, I think, is a very dangerous and aggressive frame of mind.
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