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Radio Free Asia is reporting that over a dozen Chinese newspapers have gone under due to a combination of heavy censorship and falling revenue. Many more look to succumb to the same fate soon. All media there is expected to demonstrate loyalty to the ruling party and to President Xi Jinping.
At least 13 newspapers that rely on advertising revenue but are still subject to the government's strict censorship regime have folded, including the Beijing Morning Post, the Beijing Suburban Daily and the Heilongjiang Morning News, official party newspaper The People's Daily reported.
The Anyang Evening News and Zhangzhou Evening News titles have also been suspended.
Analysts told RFA that as commercial newspapers are increasingly squeezed by growing controls on what they can print on the one hand, and falling revenues and competition from social media on the other, government-run media are experiencing a huge boost resulting from their whitelisted status.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by zocalo on Wednesday February 20 2019, @02:50PM (30 children)
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @03:17PM
Checks and balances? It's more profitable to throw unfounded and unproven dirt at people. That gets you the clicks, then ???, then profit.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @03:34PM (28 children)
The press is always an early target of an oppressive regime. Look at the US CTRL-Left.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @04:32PM
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Stunning. Brainwadhing is a helluva drug ain't that right Ranaway311?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 20 2019, @05:43PM (22 children)
The left. You have a Republican president who is making it a point to attack journalists, who all but cheered when Khashoggi was cut to pieces in SA because the guy worked for a newspaper he disliked, and you say it's the *left* that has a problem with the press?
I am amazed your tongue did not rip itself out of your head and pack a couple of tiny suitcases and go for a permanent vacation in Acapulco in protest and disgust over the lies you force it to spew. Go. To. Hell.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @05:58PM (20 children)
Girl, you're smart enough to see past some brainwashing on your own. The last four presidents have been about equally worthless. Seriously, think about that for awhile. I know you're all gung-ho about Obama/Romney/Hillary/whoeverthefuck Care. Aside from that - what did O'Bummer do? Or Bush? Or Clinton? What do any of them do for us? Every one of them has been all about corporate interests, and campaign donations. Surely you don't want to argue THAT? None of them has given a damn how much money you bring home each week/biweekly/monthly.
Yet, MSM sang the praises of Clinton and Obama like it would never end. They sang the praises of Hillary like she were the greatest since great was created. Bush? Welll - he really did screw the pooch, precious few outside of the corporations are singing HIS praises. Now, Trump. He's not a liberal/progressive - and he can do NOTHING right. If he says that he likes ice cream, he's obviously wrong. If he says he likes pussy, he can't possibly know whether he likes pussy or not.
Brainwashing. Think about that for awhile. YOU are brainwashed 24/7 by the mainstream media, in whichever form you take your media.
Have you ever listened to me? Clinton was an traitor. Bush was a war monger who did a piss poor job of a justifiable war, and totally bungled an unjustifiable war. Obama was a token black who accomplished just_fucking_nothing_worthy_of_mention. If you'll recall, I'd love the opportunity to punch that arrogant ass Trump in the nose. I don't like ANY of them.
So - uhhhhhhh - who is it that is brainwashing me? If I were brainwashed, you might suspect that I liked, or at least thought that I liked, one of the SOB's.
It may be something of a strain to think about that critically - but try it. YOU are part of the population who has accepted what the brainwashing machine wants you to believe. I am not. Which of us is brainwashed?
Your psychoanalysis abilities have failed you. Maybe you need some kryptonite, or whatever it is that makes you so very smart?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 20 2019, @06:08PM (12 children)
Stick to the topic, asshole. You got called out for your complete reversal of reality and you're not gonna slime your way out of it by trying to move the goalposts. And if you'd been paying even a speck of attention, which of course you haven't, you'd notice I have *never* been a fan of Obama and think Clinton was a Republican who did more to damage this nation and pull the Overton Window further right than Nixon could ever have dreamed of.
I don't even own a TV, idiot. I haven't for 14+ years and even then it was just to hook my old Super Nintendo to.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @06:36PM (3 children)
I have *never* been a fan of Obama and think Clinton was a Republican who did more to damage this nation and pull the Overton Window further right than Nixon could ever have dreamed of.
And yet you still believe the democrat party is somehow better than the other. Kinda wish you would pay attention and not get suckered into their bullshit.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:09PM (2 children)
The party as a whole is. Don't conflate the president with the party. I literally held my nose, no exaggeration, casting that vote for Hillary in 2016. But I did it because the people she would be surrounded by would be less toxic and less dangerous than Trump's entourage.
The president can do only so much damage by him/herself. Left all alone, Trump would be no problem. It's the Pences and the Pompeos and the DeVoses that are the real horror shows. Remember Dubya and Cheney? Same thing applies.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @11:51PM (1 child)
Don't conflate the president with the party.
Why not? The association is voluntary. And it is the party that they serve. And you are still going by the illusion that there is real opposition. Trump and Clinton are much closer than you're apparently willing to acknowledge.They are a matched set. If one goes to jail, surely the other will also. This is what keeps them both out. Same thing goes for the entrenched congress people. The entire government is at risk if we ever decide to go after the elected criminals.
And for further proof the democrats are just as cold and cruel, they let Trump win, by putting up moderates that intentionally accomplish nothing while looking like heroes by bickering with republicans. You have to understand, they are a team. And you're taking their good cop/bad cop routine for real. It is not.
Now, as far as Trump's manners go, very distressing. More distressing are the people that follow, or actually created him. All we had to do was show some class and turn our backs, and he would have disappeared.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 21 2019, @06:51AM
Personally I'd love to see Trump and Hillary Clinton not only in jail, but in the same cell together. Either he'll eat her, or she'll...I don't know, summon Shinnok's skeletal hands to drag Trump down into the Netherrealm or something, but whoever loses, we win.
Again: there are fewer toxic people in the D cohort than the R one. Though over the last 20 years the gap has been rapidly closing, I'll give you that. *Something* big is coming, whatever it may be.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:00PM (7 children)
What AC says. FFS, I'm the one telling you that ALL the SOB's are crooked liars, but you've got to call me a liar for doing so.
Not one of the last four presidents are worth the powder it would take to blow them away. Not even the hyuck hyuck hyuck, I got a peace prize for being black president. They all float in the septic tank. Maybe, just maybe, Trump is a little more gaseous, and floats an inch or so above the effluvium. I mean, that dirt ball he sent to run the FCC isn't as bad as Obamacare, or invading a foreign nation because their ruler insulted your dadday, or even as bad as selling missile technology to RED China. (Yes, I'm perfectly aware that it is unfashionable to refer to the Communist government of China as "red" these days, but when the shoe fits, why throw it away?)
Called out? Yes, I'm calling you out. You are brainwashed, while I am not. You still believe the lies, even though you're aware that all the heroes are zeroes.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:07PM (6 children)
You are ranting and screaming like a mental patient, Runaway. And you seem to need me to be "brainwashed," despite all the evidence otherwise, just so you can have your "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!' speech and convince yourself you're actually correct or even relevant.
News flash: you're not. All you're doing on here is masturbation, and you seem to have a little trouble getting it up. Try reading what's said to you for comprehension sometime.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:13PM (5 children)
Whatever, Zoom Zoom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ikW7pVa_I [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:23PM (4 children)
Thanks for your concession :) Whenever you pull something like that it means you've been well and truly defeated (again) and reduced to the level of literally kindergarten insults (really, "zoom zoom?" I sure as hell move faster than your fat old-man ass but still...).
Excellent performance; you do more to damage yourself than I could ever possibly do to you, and all I need to do is call you out on your bullshit and watch you get ever more defensive and wound-up over it. One of these days I may actually start trolling you, at which point I expect you to drop dead from apoplexy.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:35PM (3 children)
Stop being a dumbass. Let's scroll all the way back up to the top of this abortion.
"The press is always an early target of a repressive regime"
"Oh, yes, and Trump attacks the press!"
"No, MSM attacked Trump first"
"You're brainwashed!"
"Bullshit - you're the one who hates who you're told to hate, love who you're told to love"
"Stick to the topic" - along with some gratuitous recognition of my status as a master asshole - thanks!!
"You're RANTING" accompanied by some shrieking - and - and - and - are you foaming at the mouth?
And, 'Zumi declares victory? No, not even by chick rules, 'Zumi, you haven't come close to anything like a win here. Why don't you find yourself a radio, and try getting in contact with reality?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:44PM (2 children)
Ah, the corpse stirs. Trump got attacked by the press because even that pack of whores could see what a complete dumpster fire he was. At this point even Faux Noise, which was created specifically to be a propaganda outlet for the GOP, is turning on him. What does THAT say?
He's a complete egomaniac. OF COURSE he was going to go after anyone who says anything not 100% complimentary about him, especially if it happens to be true. My points still stand, and yours as always still fail. The MSM gets no love from me, but even the fucking Nazis had anti-smoking and environmentalist campaigns; some things are so bloody obvious that even someone with a dyed in the wool Lawful Evil alignment can see and support them. Trump is Neutral Evil at best, and only cares about himself.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:52PM (1 child)
Oh - you had a point? Hmmmm - maybe I should look harder for it. Meanwhile, you can go visit my journal, and see how I've been spending my spare pocket change recently.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:10PM
Solid burn Runaway. Solid.
were you able to see the invisible /s which stands for "sarcasm"?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 20 2019, @06:22PM (6 children)
what did O'Bummer do? Or Bush? Or Clinton?
None of them called the press the enemy of the people.
All media there is expected to demonstrate loyalty to the ruling party and to President Xi Jinping.
And if they don't do they face some "retribution?" I wonder if they get "looked into."
And when a politician assaults a reporter for simply asking a question about his platform, does Xi Jinping priase them? [washingtonpost.com]
(Score: 3, Disagree) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @06:51PM (5 children)
Maybe you slept through the last election. All of mainstream media went after Trump, like a pack of attack dogs. They started it, and he's outlasting them. They are Trump's openly declared enemies, they told him that before he ever won the nomination.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:16PM (4 children)
It seems to me the words of the President of the United States, that he repeated again today, are more important than the words of some opinion contributor who's name you don't remember from three years ago.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:29PM (3 children)
Yuck yuck yuck! It's the "resistance" speaking, remember? Hey, are you and 'Zumi trying to tag team me? ROFLMAO
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:02PM (2 children)
Give it Runaway. When you fall into "Rs vs Ds", "Rs" = good, "Ds" = evil you get ugly. Here is something for you to yuck about:
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/jim-morin/article226293620.html [miamiherald.com]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:42PM
Try to get it right? "R's" = bad, "D's" = worse. In every conflict around the world, from Washinton to the mideast to wherever, I'm constantly trying to convince people, "There ain't no good guys!"
Enjoy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2ff8qXa248 [youtube.com]
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:58PM
I'm pretty sure he's saying D's = evil and R's = evil. The two party system is a choice between plague and cholera. The MSM being a corporate controlled mouthpiece (just like the politicians) is an open secret. Noam Chomsky wrote about it years ago, check out his book Manufacturing Consent.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @06:06PM
Also - you ought to read this woman's story, Lara Logan. https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=31877¬e=&title=Lara+Logan+tells+all [soylentnews.org] There is a print version of the pertinent part there, a link to the short pertinent part of the interview on Youtube, as well as a link to the 3 1/2 hour interview on Youtube.
That woman seems to me to be what "liberal" should be. She's no conservative, that's for sure. She seems to me to be what liberals should have been, maybe what they used to be. She cares far too much to be some stick in the mud conservative. You ought to listen to what she says about your progressive/liberal/communist media.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by edIII on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:32PM (3 children)
You are completely full of shit on this one. Only a fraction of the extreme left can be called CTRL-LEFT. It's just the crazy fascist fuckers that demand safe spaces, abridgment of free speech, and pronoun policing. The thing that kinda makes you a crazy fucker too, is that you cannot, or you will not, see that a majority of people that identify fully or partly as Left are against those things as much as you are. Like I said before, the extreme left and extreme right are so far gone on the spectrum that they've converged together in a cesspool of crazy bullshit. I've yet to meet a CTRL-LEFT idiot in person too, and only see them on the news and in a video snippets spouting their stupid shit. I assume they have echo chambers in Reddit, FaceFuck, or Twatter, but I don't partake in any of that. In the real world, anybody I speak with that identifies as Left is as aghast to these anti-American behaviors as you and I are. NONE of them have ever tried to sell me on the idea of regulating safe spaces, giving fines for incorrect pronoun usage, or any of the other crazy bullshit associated with the CTRL-LEFT. It may come as a surprise to you that the majority appreciate the art of debate, and if you placed them a in a devil's advocate position arguing for Right leaning policies, they would rise to the occasion.
Moreover, please give one example where the "Left" is against a free press? Just one please. I'm curious, and I ask because at this point in time, the only people railing against the media are Trumpanzees and Trump. Not even everyone on the right is calling the media a "True enemy of the people". So I would limit that to just the fraction of the right that are rabid supporters of Fearless Leader, and won't paint all conservatives with the same brush, including you.
You might want to walk back your little snipe, because it's way the fuck off the mark.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by pipedwho on Wednesday February 20 2019, @10:18PM (1 child)
Somebody needs to press CTRL-ALT-Delete.
(Score: 2) by pipedwho on Wednesday February 20 2019, @10:20PM
Actually, hopefully nobody presses CTRL-ALT-Delete.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday February 21 2019, @12:05AM
Oh, thank you EdIII.
A voice of reason.