Comment do want partial truth or manipulated whole truth? (Score 1) 238
Which is better:
(chinese) you have a government censor your information but you know that it is censored and therefore not the whole truth.
(western) you have media networks censor and manipulate your information at their will and benefit but you think you have an objective view about the entire state of the world?
the first is a subset of what is happening in the real world, but it doesn't contradict the whole truth.
the second claims to be the whole truth but isn't - and people happily live believe it.
(chinese) you have a government censor your information but you know that it is censored and therefore not the whole truth.
(western) you have media networks censor and manipulate your information at their will and benefit but you think you have an objective view about the entire state of the world?
the first is a subset of what is happening in the real world, but it doesn't contradict the whole truth.
the second claims to be the whole truth but isn't - and people happily live believe it.
