Who is really spinning the propaganda? (foreigners should read)

yuan_zcen

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opi ... content_7771327.htm
By Patrick Whiteley (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-05-13 07:46

The international press mostly calls government officials, from anywhere in the world, "spokespersons". The US President's spokespersons are called "White House aides". Why are Chinese government officials labelled "communist propaganda chiefs"?

Western media bias against China is so predictably boring.

The Chinese word "xuanchuan" means to broadcast or spread informa-tion, and has no negative connotation. It does not carry today's meaning of "propaganda" defined by Webster's as: "chiefly derogatory information, especially of a biased or misleading nature to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view."

When xuanchuan was translated into English before World War I, "propaganda" was freely used in Western Europe without the attendant stigma. But its deceptive use during the wars, gave it a sinister ring, especially when the word fell under the evil shadow of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.

After the wars, government PR departments around the world no longer practised "propaganda". Instead it came to be called communications or public information. China also changed the name, but only in the past decade.

These government spin doctors carried on exactly as before, singing the praises of the powers that be, but under a new title.

Today's governments, in China, the US and everywhere, continue their spin. It's not bad, it's not good. It's just politics. It is what it is.

Recently, the White House began a Facebook page, "promoting the Obama administration to young people". If a similar initiative took place in China, it would most likely be branded a "communist propaganda campaign".

The People's Republic of China celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, and according to Britain's The Telegraph newspaper, the Chinese people need reminding by yet another communist "propaganda campaign". On May 10, the daily reported: "An Internet poll conducted across several leading Chinese websites as part of a propaganda campaign to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic, has drawn a patriotic response".

Would The Telegraph's Washington correspondents ever write: "An Internet poll conducted across several leading US websites as part of a government propaganda campaign to mark the Fourth of July, has drawn a patriotic response."

By constantly labeling Chinese government initiatives as "commu-nist propaganda" the newspaper deliberately paints a sinister and very outdated picture harking back to the days of "reds under the beds" and the "yellow peril".

It appears The Telegraph reporters and the editors are trapped in a time warp, lost in a haze of the glory days of a colonial empire, long, long gone. I'm sure a few of these old chaps still rue the "loss" of Hong Kong.

Here's the irony. The Telegraph, that mouthpiece of the Britain's right-wing Tory Party, is only telling its old-school readers what they want to hear; and by presenting an outdated stereotype of China and the Chinese, the paper is guilty of spinning its own kind of propaganda.

The core of the issue is: By constant use of such name-calling tactics, this newspaper - along with other foreign media representatives based in China - betrays it cannot, and will not accept China's socialist governing system. Even after 60 years, they cannot accept the Communist Party of China has won overwhelming favor among the Chinese people, and thus won the war and a mandate to govern.

These newspapers are blinded by their own bias and self-centered belief systems.

Fortunately, there are many members of the foreign press, who accept China's differences, and can be critical without screaming "communist propaganda" at every opportunity.

uokiokok2

OK i a waigouren READS the ABOVE

& agrees that NOT ALL TRUE but AMERIKAN LIES

WarriorAngel

Originally posted by yuan_zcen at 2009-5-13 13:36
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opi ... content_7771327.htm
By Patrick Whiteley (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-05-13 07:46

The international press mostly calls government offic ...

most of the non-political propaganda in China, such as what to do, fads, styles, trends, etc,  comes from the individual with the highest hair in China

tekvicious

To answer the big question you must only look at freedom of speech.
Can a newspaper carry a story as it chooses?
Is there a government appointed official in each media outlet to monitor the tenor of all publications?
Do not attempt to lump Xinhua and the independent North American media together. Even the CBC in Canada is not bound to government interests...and they are OWNED by the government.

augusten

Originally posted by tekvicious at 2009-5-13 16:10
To answer the big question you must only look at freedom of speech.
Can a newspaper carry a story as it chooses?
Is there a government appointed official in each media outlet to monitor the ten ...

I think western major media and newspapers are now concentrated in limited ownership of people, of certain race.

That's one of the factor why the US won't change its middle east policy, for the media baron dicatated every US president what to do in the middle east.

Certainly not the kind of freedom China need to learn.

uokiokok

Originally posted by augusten at 2009-5-13 16:30


I think western major media and newspapers are now concentrated in limited ownership of people, of certain race.

That's one of the factor why the US won't change its middle east policy, for  ...

U OK as got the FACTS WELL WRITTEN

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exportedkiwi

So now we know you lie, in another thread you said you're from Fujian, which means that all else you say is therefore, untrue.
Folks, go look in the "are you Chinese" thread, you'll see it there. Now he's a waiguoren!

Kbay

China had best never let that Aussi f@rt Murdoch freely roam in our land.
Just take a look what he's done to them dumb Brits.
Through his media, the Sun, Times and News of the world, this press tyrant has turned 'kingmaker' of British politics the past 40 decades!
He made Thatcher.
He disembolwed Major.
He placed Blair to the 'throne', and will probably kick Gordon's backside way to Scotland's whisky maltyard.
The Tory Jew will be the next to be crowned, if he does as the old man's told.
If this press mogul ever allowed to sets foothold in China, we'll be sold to the CIA in no time at all.
Bar the b@staaard 4ever!