[Ads-l] riot porn; bothsidesism

[Jonathan Lighter]

Works for me.

JL

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 5:02 AM Laichar <
00000d5856cf7c2c-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> Chinese state media has been caught using 2012 footage in a smearing
> documentary about the recent HK protests and referencing a non-existent
> "2015 protest".
>
> Riot porn, I guess?
>
> Laichar
>
> On 08/06/20 2:10 am, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > Fox News has been showing video of violent and incendiary '60s riots -
> for
> > illustrative purposes only, of course.
> >
> > Brian Seltzer  on CNN 's "Reliable Sources" worries that this "riot porn"
> > can be "misleading."
> >
> > A little later, a journalist decries "bothsidesism": the belief that both
> > sides of any story must be presented even if, in some cases, one side is
> > clearly unreasonable, irrational, disingenuous, or the like.
> >
> > JL
> >
>
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