Newsgroups: soc.culture.china Subject: Re: Western Press Infallibility References: <1725376903.209804@nyx2.nyx.net> <6d1a4b97079e2800dfcb41f59c45a23b@www.novabbs.com> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail From: bmoore@nyx.net (bmoore) Originator: bmoore@nyx.net (bmoore) Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com Message-Id: <1725384911.169978@nyx2.nyx.net> Cache-Post-Path: nyx2.nyx.net!4961@localhost X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Lines: 35 Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:35:11 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:35:11 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2010 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Bytes: 2269 In article <6d1a4b97079e2800dfcb41f59c45a23b@www.novabbs.com>, ltlee1 wrote: >In article , >ltlee1 wrote: >>In article <1725108944.691998@nyx2.nyx.net>, bmoore >>wrote: >> >>You have said before that you don't listen to the Western press with >> regard to China. Then you quote the >Western press as a reliable source >> about beliefs of the Chinese people. Makes no sense. > >I still don't believe Western press as a reliable source about China and >Chinese. >Why? Simply put. Their reports are often not supported by evidence. > >In contrast, I have no problem quoting Western press concerning polls >answered by CHINESE CORRESPONDENTS. What if the polls reported the oppposite of what you believe? >Especially those I could look at the polling organization's methodology >and resultant statistics myself. > >In comparison, there were a lot of talks in the Western press on Chinese >Debt Trap. Where are the evidence and associated statistics? In their >absence, I have no reason to believe those reports. What if the reports confirmed what you believe? I feel like I am responding to illogical and inconsistent arguments here. It's been going on repetitively for decades. Oh well.