The Global Times on 'Fake News'

[Randy W]

Feud between Trump, US elites caused fake news epidemic

 

The American media is reporting fake news more frequently. Driven by commercial interests and a curious public, some media routinely hype up stories or exaggerate facts. But there are more profound political reasons behind this event. US mainstream media, centered on political correctness, holds a hostile attitude toward Trump who cannot care less about political correctness. The tendency was clearly shown from the mainstream media's overwhelming support for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign.

 

The way Trump deals with the media also deepens their divisions. For example, Trump skipped the White House correspondents' dinner this year. He doesn't try to hide his contempt toward the US media on his Twitter account either, tweeting many times against media outlets, such as The New York Times and CNN.

 

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The recent CNN scandal is only a reflection of the confrontation between Trump and the US media. The real cause of the recent fake news epidemic is the conflict between the politically correct, elite values represented by the US mainstream media and political incorrectness and "America First" represented by Trump.

 

 

 

 

 

[HotBaozi]

Sneaking in a little hate trump piece into the site that banned dozens for posting political stuff never hurt anyone did it?

[Randy W]

Sneaking in a little hate trump piece into the site that banned dozens for posting political stuff never hurt anyone did it?

 

 

You might try reading it, Jesse. The Global Times is a CCP publication, and could hardly be called 'anti-Trump'

[Randy W]

My own interpretation is that it is more of an expression of their attitudes toward democracy and free speech - and that they are more concerned about Hong Kong and the takeover anniversary than the U.S.

[amberjack1234]

Sneaking in a little hate trump piece into the site that banned dozens for posting political stuff never hurt anyone did it?

Jesse there is a new sheriff in town now.

[Randy W]

The People's Daily joins in - this segues to a discussion of Western media coverage of China

 

The Trump and CNN saga: You can put lipstick on fake news, but it's still fake news

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But it is not just Trump who has been abused by the news media. A recent paper found that US coverage of Muslims and refugees is predominantly negative as well. Furthermore, the Western media has a strong anti-China bias, often exaggerating the country’s negative aspects while downplaying the positives. In fact, China has been on the receiving end of Western media bias and wrong stereotypes for years, unfairly tarnishing its hard-won image on the world stage. The reason for some of the bias is because the Western media is trying to catch viewers’ eyes, other times it is because of ulterior political motives by some individuals and organizations. As the largely negative Trump coverage clearly shows, the US media does take sides for various reasons.

In the case of China, the examples are endless. Countless stories and opinions try to cast China as a threat or a devil on the world stage, from CNN’s distortion of facts in covering the riot in Lhasa in March 2008, capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, to how the situation of the country’s millions of Chinese Muslims are discussed, many stories do not present China fairly and accurately.

 

 

[Allon]

The Times needs to review the history of the media in America. It changed when deregulation of broadcasting happened in 1987. The FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine allowing for for one sided news coverage. Since then it has been a merry- go-round of opinion presented with few real facts.

 

On the one hand, I agree with GT to an extent, but on the other we do have free press. The only answer to one sided news is more news from different sources.