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keayts
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Joined: Oct 27, 2005
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June 21, 2007 - 11:00 PM |
 
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| leidelaohu wrote: |
Hmmm, seems to me that sacrificing truth for newspaper sales could be termed a condemnation of capitalism 
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I'd condemn it as poor ethics.
| leidelaohu wrote: |
Could you describe for us the difference between the exact truth and the approximate truth ? |
An example of a statement describing the exact truth is:
"After the Rep. Jones' rebuttal of the bill's merits, several Congressmen rose to speak in favor of the bill."
An example of a statement describing the approximate truth is:
"Capitol Hill was fraught with tension today as several Congressmen attacked Rep. Jones' ardent dismissal of the bill." |
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foreverinchina
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Joined: Nov 21, 2005
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Location: 徐家汇
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June 21, 2007 - 11:38 PM |
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Can i give one more example, mr. Yu ?
Can i quote what Salman Rushdie said about this issue last week ?
Is that ok for you ? |
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wolfy
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June 23, 2007 - 11:20 AM |
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| Don't twist my words |
But it's ok for you to twist everyone else's?
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the article purpose is not to MAKE China look bad, it's just to reinforce it.
The image China will have as long as it is a threat we all know about: the bad will be magnified, the good will be ignored, like any propaganda campaign.
Now go and google and let us all know the explanation and how to justify this:
""He lay there - his eye out of its socket, his tongue cut, a stream of blood dropping from his mouth, his body limp, twisted. The ligaments in his neck were broken, so his head lay sideways as if connected to the rest of his body by a rubber band."
Hint: Benjamin Joffe-Walt, the 25 year old correspondent from The Guardian that defined what China is in the Guardian's readership's eyes |
Unfortunately, misleading journalism in the Grauniad and outright sloppy mistakes are not uncommon... |
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