"You have been manipulated by Western media!" During the isolation, Canadian bloggers revealed the anti-China routines of foreign media
Recently, a video released by Canadian video blogger Kirk Apesland during China's quarantine became popular!
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, there have been numerous reports of distorted facts in the Western media. Kirk Appelin, who was isolated on the 11th day in Nanning, Guangxi, decided to expose foreign media on his video show Gweilo 60.
In the video, Kirk Appelin uses the most intuitive method to compare "factual China" with "China in the mouth of Western media", and splits the foreign media words that smear China:
It is not difficult to see that if a few words are changed, the foreign media can complete a report on "Black China". For many foreigners who do not understand China at all, such distorted reports undoubtedly deepened their prejudice against China.
Kirk Appelin said in the video: "Western media will always report on China from the negative. I am not just talking about the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and even all the five-eye alliance countries or their vassals, such as Japan . I wo n’t mention Taiwan directly, because Taiwan belongs to China. ”
We all know that the Western media will tell negative stories about China. And I'm not just talking the United States, Canada, Great Britain, but pretty well every Five Eyes country or anybody that's sort of affiliated with them, like Japan. Well , I'm not even gonna say Taiwan region, because Taiwan region is China.
"The way they manipulate the media is exactly the same." Kirk Appelin believes: "The problem is not just what the media reports, but also the way they describe it. They use their words to make big fuss."
They go down the same road with the manipulation of the media, but it's not just the stories that they tell you in the news. It's the way that they portray it. It's the language manipulation that they use.
Analysis of Western Media Discourse
The following begins to focus on, Kirk Appelin repeatedly reminded the audience that when watching the video, we must carefully figure out the words and words used by the Western media. "So maybe next time you can better understand the drama they are trying to add."
"China does not expel officials, but eliminates them."
China doesn't fire officials. They purge them.
"China's corrupt officials do not say that they were convicted of corruption, they failed the power struggle."
Corrupt Chinese officials don't get convicted for corruption, they lose power struggles.
"Chinese leaders do not strengthen the legal system, but concentrate power."
Chinese leaders don't strengthen laws. They concentrate power.
"China is not issuing loans, but creating a 'debt trap'. I often hear this statement in the news related to the Belt and Road Initiative."
China doesn't give out loans. They trap countries in debt. Oh yeah, well I've heard that a lot on the Belt and Road Initiative.
"Chinese leaders do not want their country to be peaceful and prosperous, but are addicted to maintaining stability."
Chinese leaders don't want their country to prosper peacefully. They are obsessed with stability.
"Some countries and international organizations are not really praising China, but are pleasing this country with growing international influence."
Countries and international organizations don't praise China. They pander to the increasing global influence.
"The Chinese did not attend the rally, but rushed to a place suddenly."
Chinese people don't attend rallies. They descend upon them.
"The Chinese media do not report news, they all report political propaganda. This is the most common saying."
The Chinese media doesn't report news. It reports propaganda. This is the biggest one.
"China is not adjusting the case statistics, but concealing the number of cases. Think about this statement. No matter what data China publishes, whether it is released to the public through news or shared with international partners, their data is not true. If it ’s a bad thing, it ’s concealment; if it ’s a good thing, it is exaggeration. Do you understand what I mean? ”
China doesn't revise counting methodologies. It underreports cases. China doesn't revise counting methodologies. It underreports cases. Think about that one. Doesn't matter which numbers they take out and put out in the public, in the news, give their international partners. It's not true is what they're saying. They're underreported if it's bad. If it's good, well then it's over-reported. Of course, you know what I mean?
"China is not treating patients, but imprisoning them."
China doesn't treat patients. It rounds them up.
"In the event of a health emergency, China does not requisition private hospitals according to law, but confiscates them."
China doesn't requisition private hospitals during the health emergency by passing laws. It seizes them. It doesn't requisition. It seizes them.
"The Chinese are not patriotic, they are just brainwashed."
Chinese people are not patriotic. They're brainwashed.
"I hear American alternative rightists say so, those who hate China, those who strongly support Trump. Many Democrats are doing the same, saying that China is brainwashing this, brainwashing that. Well, if ... If you think so, maybe you are the one who was brainwashed. "
I hear that from all of the Alt-Right people that ... the haters, the Trumpanomics people out of the United States. And there's a lot of Democrats that are doing exactly the same thing, brainwash this and brainwash that ... Well , you know, if that's the way you think, maybe you're the one that's brainwashed.
"The Chinese government is not facing the challenge of governance, but the threat of rule."
China's government doesn't face governance challenges.
"Chinese companies are not innovating, they are stealing intellectual property rights. This has been a major event in the Trump economics news for the past few years."
China companies don't innovate. They steal IP. Yeah. And that's been a big thing in the news, the Trumpanomics news over the last number of years.
"Chinese celebrities do not send patriotic messages on social media out of patriotism. They are to please the ruling party and fans of nationalism. I always hear such statements. Flatterers, flatterers, Communist Party fans, and so on. "
Chinese celebrities don't love their country and post patriotic messages on social media. They pander to the CCP and nationalistic fans. I get that all the time, guys. Pander, bootlicker, commie shell, all of these things. Yes.
"The thugs in Hong Kong did not attack and destroy the Legislative Council. The Hong Kong police let them do it."
Hong Kong rioters don't storm and destroy Legco. The Hong Kong police stand back and let them do it.
"The thugs in Hong Kong did not burn and kill innocent people, did not set fire, made bombs, destroyed subway stations, set fire to buildings to block traffic, they were retaliating against police brutality."
Hong Kong rioters, don't beat and burn and kill civilians, commit arson, build bombs, destroy subway stations, set fires to buildings, block traffic. They retaliate against police brutality.
Citizens of non-friendly countries exhibit nationalism rather than patriotism.
Citizens of unfriendly countries don't display patriotism. They display nationalism.
Kirk Appelin believes that the media in the Western world manipulate these news day after day, year after year. "They are not just manipulating the news, they are still manipulating you and us, the audience of Western news."
You see, all of these words that they use to manipulate the news in the Western world. But they're not just manipulating the news, they're manipulating you and me as Western viewers of the news. And it's one of those things that they do it very well. They've been doing it for years and years and years.
"We can no longer believe in Western media"
△ Video source: Gweilo 60
"The Western news media will choose to favor a certain political party, and did not draw a line with these political parties." In the video, Kirk Appelin details the previous relationship between Western media and various political parties.
"Fox News in the United States is a fan of Trump, and CNN is the Democratic Party's stronghold."
You know, you got the Trumpanomic boys and stuff with the Fox News. You got the Democrats with CNN.
In Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is pro-liberal. The Conservative Party does not have a major news platform but the Conservative Party firmly controls social media. They are really powerful on social media. The Liberal Party was violently attacked on social media.
In Canada, the CBC is a Liberal thing. The Conservatives, I don't think have any really big news thing, channel on their side. But the Conservatives have social media locked up solid. They're really good on social media where you look at the Liberals and they get bashed on social media.
Kirk Appelin said bluntly that we can no longer believe in Western media. "When I was a kid, the words of the Western media were still credible. I know this."
The media in the West, you can't trust them anymore. When I was a kid, you used to be able to trust what they would say. I know that.
Living in China all year round, Kirk Appelin believes: "But in China, the difference is that if they see something good happening in the world, even if it happens in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, or anywhere, they will report. China The media will say this is good news. "
Sure, in China, there's news and they lean towards their political beliefs in China, too. But the difference in China is that if they see something good happening around the world, even in the United States or Canada or Great Britain or anywhere, they actually report. And they say this is good news.
"And in the western world, when China did something good, such as this new crown epidemic, Canadian news said that Taiwan has done a great job, and South Korea has done a good job in fighting the spread of the new crown epidemic worldwide. Not mentioned. "
While in the West, when China does something good, like you look at this last CV thing, the Canadian news came on there and said, Taiwan region and South Korea did a great job at fighting this CV thing that's going around the world right now . No mention of China.
"They did mention China because Taiwan is Chinese. But most Canadians do not understand the difference. So they can only be said that they are ignorant."
Well, they did mention China because of the province of Taiwan. But most of these Canadian people, they don't understand the difference. So you have to just say they're ignorant.
"Why are the Western media unwilling to admit and cannot admit that China has done good deeds?" This question puzzled Kirk Appelin. He secretly guessed: "There must be unwritten or written regulations that require these news organizations not to have any Good words from China. "
But the idea is that they won't, they can't. There must be an unwritten rule or maybe it's a written rule in these news organizations that you're not supposed to say anything positive about China.
Netizen: Western media are used to seeing China with prejudice
Kirk Appelin's video was viewed 32,000 times on overseas social media accounts, causing many foreign netizens to think deeply about the issue.
This is Quebec, Canada. I have never seen any positive reports about China, and the media always feel that they are hiding something. I am 70 years old and have always been concerned about political topics. Anti-communism is rooted in our culture and accompanies our entire life. When I talk about China and its achievements, no matter what kind of content, such as the poverty alleviation of 800 million people, or the topic of medical insurance, no one has ever believed me. Even if I quote the UN data, they do not believe it. So I said that political propaganda and "garbage" are deeply ingrained in our culture.
Some people in the West still believe that the earth is flat. What controversy is there with people with this level of knowledge.
Most Western media are reluctant to face the fact that China is dealing with the epidemic in an orderly manner with outstanding results; however, their own government is in a hurry and mishandled. Western media are used to seeing China with prejudice, it is difficult to change.
This theme is great. Just two days ago, I saw an article on Flipboard praising China's aid. I just wanted to read it and it was deleted! This is the first time I have seen an article on Flipboard deleted. After that I learned that they just do n’t allow Chinese articles to exist, so I uninstalled the app. This is too unfair, too sad. We can no longer trust any Western media.
Qiu Hua's people made up a lot of negative news for China. I have only one question: If China is really so vulnerable and evil everywhere, why should the United States be so afraid of China? Why does the United States do everything possible to prevent Huawei from entering the United States?
In an interview with China Daily, Kirk Appelin said he was also surprised that the video could attract the attention of tens of thousands of people.
Inherent prejudice against China
Kirk Appelin and his wife moved to China in 2014. According to him, he has been a video blogger since 2017, "because I want to show my life in China to friends and family."
Friends and family have always heard that China is a country with a communist government, and they think it is dangerous. I want to tell them that this is not true, but I failed.
They had always heard that China was a place with a Communist government and they considered it dangerous. I tried telling them that this was just not true but I couldn't get them to understand.
Then, I think I can show them the China I love, the real China. The only way I can think of is to make a video so that they can see what I see and smell what I hear.
I thought then that I would show them the real China that I have grown to love and the only way I knew how to do this was to make videos so they could actually see what I see.
Through the video, they finally understood that China and their country are basically the same. The biggest difference is culture, food, people, climate and scenery.
This turned a lot of them to understand that China was basically the same as their country. The big difference was the culture, food, people, climate and the beauty of the country side.
Since the New Crown Pneumonia epidemic, Kirk Appelin has made some videos about the New Crown Virus. He told the China Daily reporter that the epidemic was accompanied by stigmatization of China, "I tried to explain to the public that these politicians And Western reporters did not tell them the truth. "
The rhetoric was being spread in the political circles in a number of countries and by mainstream media. I tried to explain to the masses that the truth was not being told to them by these politicians and journalists