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Re:China blocks Wikimedia from entering World Intellectual P... by Blikkentrekker on Sunday October 10, 2021 @07:45PM (#28823013)
In U-571 History was entirely rewritten as to suggest that it were U.S.A. soldiers, who captured the first German Enigma, whereas in actuality it were English soldiers that did so.
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Re:China blocks Wikimedia from entering World Intellectual P... by refurb on Sunday October 10, 2021 @09:15PM (#28823560)
Anyone who watches a Hollywood movie and assumes it accurate is a fool. Movies are made to make money not educate.

It’s like the chase scene at the end of Argo. That never happened. They just got on the plane and left but if the movie was accurate that would be a horribly boring ending so they made up a better on.

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Re:China blocks Wikimedia from entering World Intellectual P... by Blikkentrekker on Sunday October 10, 2021 @11:50PM (#28824458)
The same argument can be levied against any form of propaganda in fiction.

The change in this case was not in order to make the story more suspenseful but to simply inspire patriotism.

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Re:China blocks Wikimedia from entering World Intellectual P... by MichaelZuo on Sunday October 10, 2021 @08:52PM (#28823411)
Wow if that’s really the case then that is pretty blatant.
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