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Subject: Re: Western Press Infallibility
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In article <6d1a4b97079e2800dfcb41f59c45a23b@www.novabbs.com>,
ltlee1 <ltlee1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>In article <a0876da4b5de80c46ae8ec94523328e1@www.novabbs.com>,
>ltlee1 <ltlee1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>In article <1725108944.691998@nyx2.nyx.net>, bmoore <bmoore@nyx.net>
>>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.