07-21-2020, 10:27 AM
In our palatial palace, famous for redundancy as well as very tight quarters, if you turn on our TV, you'll discover that is is tuned to channel 36.3: CGTN (China Global Television Network). The TV hardly ever wavers from there, at least for over the air viewing. Sure, we stream and watch stuff through our internet connection, mostly Youtube, Criterion.com, Netflix, Hoopla, and Kanopy. But the home base, before venturing to one of them, is CGTN.
As a result, we pick up bits and pieces of the news from a more Chinese perspective.
Recently we detected a change on their channel. It took us a while to notice, as it's very subtle -- just a big red warning banner permanently plastered across the top of the screen announcing that CGTN has been declared "a foreign mission" of the Chinese government.
What it boils down to is a declaration that CGTN is propaganda.
Shocked by the sheer measure of our gullibility, we have dutifully switched our TV to a more credible home base: 2.1 (Fox).
P.S. This has been an attempt at humor. Granted, a very labored attempt, so feel free not to laugh (I'm not).
https://america.cgtn.com/2020/03/04/u-s-actions-wont-deter-cgtn-america-from-reporting-the-news
As a result, we pick up bits and pieces of the news from a more Chinese perspective.
Recently we detected a change on their channel. It took us a while to notice, as it's very subtle -- just a big red warning banner permanently plastered across the top of the screen announcing that CGTN has been declared "a foreign mission" of the Chinese government.
What it boils down to is a declaration that CGTN is propaganda.
Shocked by the sheer measure of our gullibility, we have dutifully switched our TV to a more credible home base: 2.1 (Fox).
P.S. This has been an attempt at humor. Granted, a very labored attempt, so feel free not to laugh (I'm not).
https://america.cgtn.com/2020/03/04/u-s-actions-wont-deter-cgtn-america-from-reporting-the-news
Quote:
The U.S. State Department recently announced that it will cap the number of Chinese citizens permitted to work for the five Chinese media entities including CGTN, CRI, China Daily, Hai Tian Development (People’s Daily) and Xinhua News Agency.
The decision comes after the U.S. designated these five news organizations as “foreign missions” and then restricted the number of Chinese personnel working for them.
I'm nobody's pony.