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0 pointsloyukfai7y ago0 comments

The other 5/7 may watch TVB - a HK TV channel of which to many people is their only news source, and which has since been bought by mainlanders, just like many other media and publishing assets in HK - and believe in something totally else.

No joke, if you watch only TVB news, you will think the HK government is doing a great job and these protesters are arrogant, dis-obedient trouble-makers.

The gap in understanding can be really really big.

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RaceWon7y ago· 2 in thread

> No joke, if you watch only TVB news, you will think the HK government is doing a great job

I get that: we have the same thing here in the USA with many newspapers and some TV stations. Heck, because of this, some people actually believe President Trump is a Russian Agent, you know, despite the fact that he is one of the great capitalists of all time, and he never ran for Any elected office until he won the Presidency--a feat which was all but impossible... still they think Putin made that happen, because that is what they are told.

RaceWon7y ago

I stand corrected: I said > "and he never ran for Any elected office until he won the Presidency"

Technically he did run in 2000, I apologize for the inaccuracy; however it was more akin to dipping one's toe into the shark infested waters of big time politics than a full on assault.

I still feel he accomplished the impossible; like Marquez does in MotoGP, or Senna did in F1--people like that are Rare indeed, and I respect the hell out of that ability, and you trifle with them at your own risk.

viscanti7y ago

> he never ran for Any elected office until he won the Presidency

What about his failed presidential campaign in 2000? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential...

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