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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: 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"?