Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests
by wolverine876 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:33PM
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> in a western democracy it's fine (given that there's at least some alignment with party interest)
If you mean that in a democracy, publications need "at least some alignment with party interest", that's certainly not the case. However, given the multitude of political interests, the publication is bound to align somewhat with someone.
(Also, I disagree with the term "western democracy": Taiwan is Chinese and has a thriving democracy, as did Hong Kong until recently, plus there's Japan, S. Korea, Indonesia, India, Chile, Benin, etc etc. Democracy hasn't been 'western' for generations.)
However, I wonder a bit if this thread is becoming overly critical. I am aware that in any dictatorship, they allow some outlets - as long as they don't grow too powerful, as you say.
Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests
by dumb1224 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:44PM
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Oh absolutely Sorry for the poor choice of words, I agree with you whole heartily. Again my english is probably too bad to convey the meaning 'any press will align with someone given that there are so many parties and he multitude of political interests'.
Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests
by wolverine876 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:56PM
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Sorry, I should be more cognizant that not everyone's English is perfect. Yours is far better than my Cantonese!
Sure in a western democracy it's fine (given that there's at least some alignment with party interest). But once it gets a lot of attention and an influencer status then the authoritarian gov won't let it grow further without consequences for sure. 'Redline' is a bad term but it's usually separatist, discrimination speech etc. Not all 'pro-democracy' media are targeted because they are simply not big enough yet.
Disclaimer: I'm not necessarily defending any side, just want to discuss more nuances.