Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by Ar-Curunir on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:24PM
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Indian media uncritically promotes government propaganda. I visited my parents back home, and the news channels are unrelenting in their defense of the govt
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Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by Koremat6666 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:48PM
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That is unfair. Republic and India tv appears to be pro government where as NDTV and other appears to be anti-BJP channels.
Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by phoenixlike on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:12PM
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This is not nearly accurate. NDTV "and others"(not sure of any other mainstream channels) have also hsitorically been hard on the UPA governments even if you consider them pro-Congress.
The current breed of mainstream channels (Zee, Republic, India) who hold most of the eyeballs in India are not just pro-government they blatantly lie to protect the government's incompetence. Added to the fact teh BJP is a top advertiser on TV media creates a dangerous incestuous relationship the scale of which we've not ever seen before.
Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by des_t on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:15PM
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Check out the analysis of 200 prime-time debates done by peeing human. Republic, India TV, Zee News, ABP News, Aaj Tak, Times Now, Sudarshan News and countless regional channels are pro-govt. NDTV is the last channel standing.
Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by amriksohata on Friday January 24, 2020 @01:22PM
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Not true, wire, scroll and various others are anti gov in india
Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by intended on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:28PM
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And none of those are media channels, and are extremely small when it comes to circulation.
Essentially if you even know of them, you are not part of the mainstream audience.
Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by amriksohata on Friday January 24, 2020 @06:12PM
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NDTV and times now are very mainstream
Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by Ar-Curunir on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:48PM
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Times Now is the biggest govt mouthpiece
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Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by Ar-Curunir on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:27AM
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Fascism is not a word you make up and throw about willy-nilly. It describes a specific form of authoritarian government.
Re:In India What We Are Seeing Is the Symptoms of Fascism: N...
by cmonnow on Thursday January 30, 2020 @05:13AM
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Fascism is a state of mind, and it occurs at many levels.
To draw a gender-parallel, if it occurs at the level of head of household, it's called male-chauvinism. If it occurs at level of religion, it is called patriarchy.
To draw a leader-parallel, if it occurs at level of subreddit, it's called mod-abuse. If it occurs at level of government, it's called fascism.
They all represent the same thing - power/control gone to head.
And it is ironically hilarious how a subreddit that bans/censors/tramples opposing/minority views constantly criticizes the government of the same.