{"id":182128,"date":"2021-04-05T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=182128"},"modified":"2021-04-01T07:34:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T06:34:35","slug":"need-a-quote-from-an-official-enemy-denouncing-democracy-do-like-the-new-york-times-and-make-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/04\/need-a-quote-from-an-official-enemy-denouncing-democracy-do-like-the-new-york-times-and-make-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a Quote from an Official Enemy Denouncing Democracy? Do like the New York Times and Make It Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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30 Mar 2021 – <\/em>You know you\u2019re in for a hard sell when the New York Times<\/strong> (3\/29\/21<\/a>) publishes an article under the headline \u201cAn Alliance of Autocracies? China Wants to Lead a New World Order.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Times<\/strong> Beijing bureau chief Steven Lee Myers doesn\u2019t disappoint. He asserts:<\/p>\n

China hopes to position itself as the main challenger to an international order, led by the United States, that is generally guided by principles of democracy, respect for human rights and adherence to rule of law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>The New York Times<\/strong> (3\/29\/21<\/a>) produces a new installment in its ongoing project of demonizing China (FAIR.org<\/strong>, 1\/29\/21<\/a>): \u201cAs President Biden predicts a struggle between democracies and their opponents, Beijing is eager to champion the other side.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGenerally\u201d is doing a lot of work in that sentence. I don\u2019t think I have to spend too much time reminding you that the United States is a massive supporter of coups<\/a> and undemocratic governments<\/a>; has an ongoing history of torture<\/a>, detention without trial<\/a> and extrajudicial killing<\/a>; and asserts the right to invade<\/a> and coerce<\/a> countries in defiance of international law. But it\u2019s what Myers does with this deceptive summary of US policy that I find most striking; he immediately follows with:<\/p>\n

Such a system \u201cdoes not represent the will of the international community,\u201d China\u2019s foreign minister, Wang Yi, told Russia\u2019s, Sergey V. Lavrov, when they met in the southern Chinese city of Guilin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wang, like the New York Times<\/strong>, defines the US-led international order as one based in democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and says that doesn\u2019t represent \u201cthe will of the international community\u201d? That doesn\u2019t seem likely. When you search for the part of the quote that\u2019s actually in quotation marks, you find this release (3\/26\/21<\/a>) from the Chinese government:<\/p>\n

Wang Yi said, the so-called \u201crules-based international order\u201d by a few countries is not clear in its meaning, as it reflects the rules of a few countries and does not represent the will of the international community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what Wang actually said China was challenging is the \u201crules-based international order\u201d\u2014which he suggested doesn\u2019t deserve its name, since only a handful of countries get to make the rules. He didn\u2019t mention democracy or human rights in the statement; as for the rule of law, he said, \u201cWe should uphold the universally recognized international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an article of faith in US establishment media that they represent an independent watchdog press, whereas China\u2019s news outlets propagandize the official positions of the state. Articles like this one make you wonder what they\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jim Naureckas is the editor of <\/em>FAIR.org, and has edited <\/em>FAIR‘s print publication <\/em>Extra! since 1990. He is the co-author of <\/em>The Way Things Aren\u2019t: Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Reign of Error, and co-editor of <\/em>The FAIR Reader. He was an investigative reporter for <\/em>In These Times and managing editor of the <\/em>Washington Report on the Hemisphere. Born in Libertyville, Illinois, he has a poli sci degree from Stanford. Since 1997 he has been married to Janine Jackson, <\/em>FAIR\u2019s program director.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original – fair.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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