(February 12, 2024 at 9:55 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(February 12, 2024 at 8:25 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Anyway, the larger issue is that corporate media are not objective. They push their propaganda. We all know what Fox pushes, but too many people remain unaware that the other channels are bad in their own way.
Yet you'd defend Russian writers who work under such draconian press laws that many are currently sitting in prison? Has it occurred to you that those who are still free are free because they toe the party line?
All sources should be vetted, and that includes opinion outlets though they aren't sources per se.
But there are US-based journalists who write for RT, who say that they have no trouble being censored or controlled. Not every word printed by a Russian company is vetted by Putin.
We can talk to Julian Assange about who gets to sit in prison and who doesn't.
The artist Ai Wei Wei made a name for himself in the West by criticizing censorship in China. Recently his exhibition in London was cancelled because he said publicly that the Palestinians shouldn't be bombed.
You are certainly correct that all sources should be vetted.
