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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: 0, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @02:55PM (8 children)
Those "most people" are idiots that can't think for themselves and require someone else to do it for them. Kind of like the Trump haters that refuse to open their eyes to what's coming across the border. To them... I ask that they talk to anyone in CPS, they'll find out what those kids are being smuggled in for.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @03:37PM (2 children)
Most of those won't talk to anyone who doesn't parrot progressive talking points. If forced to be present when counterpoints are made, they can't hear a single word. Not one word.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @04:52PM (1 child)
Gaslight Obstruct PROJECT!
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:21PM
Speaking of projection: How does the Trump admin punish Saudi Arabia for murdering a Washington Post writer? Give 'em some Uranium One!
Instead of Punishing the Saudis for Khashoggi, Trump Wants to Hand Them Nuclear Technology [vice.com]
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 20 2019, @06:28PM (2 children)
Kind of like the Trump haters that refuse to open their eyes to what's coming across the border.
Illegal border crossings are at a 47 year LOW. [cnbc.com]
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @06:53PM (1 child)
They don't report the ugly truth
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:13PM
Fox and Trump truly broke the conservative brain.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:16PM (1 child)
'most people"....I thought this was a Democracy. At least here in the US.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday February 21 2019, @12:01AM
Here's an opinion piece with examples that disagree with that contention [theatlantic.com]
This piece details how one party seeks to win, at all cost. [reuters.com]
In some places they do this when they lose. [washingtonpost.com]
As an outsider the US system looks largely like the old Soviet bloc. Elections, or course, but no real choice.