The trend has reportedly sparked a backlash from some in China due to safety reasons. Read more at straitstimes.com.

  • @scorpionix@feddit.de
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    332 years ago

    Because it normalises the site as reputable source. Yes, there are most certainly some unbiased articles there, but at the end of the day it is still a propaganda tool. Russia uses the same playbook with RussiaToday: Tons of propaganda and some factual news sprinkled in between, so they can point to those and claim “Its not just propaganda”.

    • @RelentlessArts@feddit.uk
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      102 years ago

      Completely agree but are we going to do the same for western sources which depending on the source do the exact same thing.

      • @scorpionix@feddit.de
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        132 years ago

        Yes and many do. I.e. Fox News is a prime example of a western propaganda outlet which IMHO shouldn’t be taken seriously as a source of information.

        • @RelentlessArts@feddit.uk
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          62 years ago

          Yeah thank fuck, was just making sure we didn’t have the western version of tankies here lol. Fuck fox news and fuck Murdoch.