{"id":520738,"date":"2022-12-04T03:35:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T00:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/medias-hypocrisy-on-china-protest-reveals-ugly-double-standard-for-us-citizens\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T03:35:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T00:35:43","slug":"medias-hypocrisy-on-china-protest-reveals-ugly-double-standard-for-us-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/medias-hypocrisy-on-china-protest-reveals-ugly-double-standard-for-us-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"#Media&#8217;s hypocrisy on China protest reveals ugly double standard for US citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4088612b302\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4088612b302\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/medias-hypocrisy-on-china-protest-reveals-ugly-double-standard-for-us-citizens\/#%E2%80%9CMedias_hypocrisy_on_China_protest_reveals_ugly_double_standard_for_US_citizens%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Media&#8217;s hypocrisy on China protest reveals ugly double standard for US citizens&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMedias_hypocrisy_on_China_protest_reveals_ugly_double_standard_for_US_citizens%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Media&#8217;s hypocrisy on China protest reveals ugly double standard for US citizens&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/china-covid-protests.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Kudos to the New York Times (and other elite organs of journalism) for their full-court press on covering the courageous protests in China against Xi Jinping\u2019s insane \u201czero COVID\u201d policies and for the sympathy they\u2019ve mustered for average people suffering under an oppressive yoke.<\/p>\n<p>But where was this nuanced understanding when North America\u2019s own mad COVID overreaction was in full swing?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere in evidence. In April 2021, for example, the Times\u2019 Max Fisher was suggesting people uncritically accept future lockdown measures in the United States and western Europe<strong> <\/strong>and obliquely praising them as conducive to a \u201cdesire to cope by looking out for one\u2019s neighbors.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Contrast that with his writing on the Chinese protests last week: \u201cOutside observers could be forgiven for seeing hints of the Arab Spring, even revolution, in the protests sweeping China\u2019s cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The paper of record also ran <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> articles alleging the existence of a sinister cabal of right-wingers masterminding protests against (anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>) \u201cstop the spread\u201d measures and countless op-eds defending (completely useless) school closures, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> isolation and other public-health disasters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For our progressive-dominated media, US citizens pushing back against the policies that kept their kids out of school, destroyed their business and broke their lives apart were either conspiracy-minded whackjobs or their dupes. (And remember, too, that even at the time praise for Black Lives Matter protests flowed alongside simultaneous damnation of anti-lockdown protests).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Heck, one woke, lockdown-loving stalwart, The Washington Post\u2019s Taylor Lorenz, actually  <em>defended<\/em> Beijing. A caption in her paper flagged \u201ca critical flaw in Beijing\u2019s \u2018zero COVID\u2019 strategy: a vast population without natural immunity.\u201d Lorenz tweeted critically: \u201cChoosing not to kill off millions of vulnerable people (as the US is doing) isn\u2019t a \u2018critical flaw.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The moral un-clarity It wasn\u2019t confined to the press, either. While Joe Biden\u2019s White House has weakly signaled modest support for China\u2019s protests, it backed the hardline tactics used by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to break the national trucker protests against absurd COVID policies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, China\u2019s policies are far more restrictive than anything the United States put in place \u2014 though, if the chief architect of our COVID disaster, Anthony Fauci, is to be believed, that\u2019s not for lack of trying. The Good Doctor <em>still<\/em> argues we were not restrictive <em>enough<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Welding people inside their apartment, dragging the infected away screaming, using the state\u2019s massive surveillance <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>aratus to deprive people of their rights and strong-arming Apple into cutting off a key communication channel for the protesters are all far worse (thank God) than the harms Americans suffered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s to say nothing of the fact that China\u2019s censors try to keep citizens in the dark about the fact the rest of the world is done with the pandemic and all restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>But the appalling double standard here in the United States exposes beyond any doubt both the moral hollowness of our media and the vapidity of \u201cpublic health expertise.\u201d\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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