I am sorry but since when is German left leaning public broadcast the same as fox news?! I understand that sometimes some topics are generally over- or underreported, but putting these next to each other is nonsensical.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

public broadcast

Or, as we call it when it's a non-white country: "State propaganda outlet"

[–] anon@lemmings.world -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Funny that you tie that to the skin color of the people. Most people including me make the distinction based on the following criteria:

Does the government have direct control over the broadcast?
Is the channel allowed to criticize the government?
Is founding decided by the government?
Are you at risk for not having the same stance on a topic than the government?

In the case of Germany, all of these are not true. In the case of authoritarian regimes, they are. That is the key difference.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

So, a bunch of vague, unquantifiable, vibes based criteria, that, in practice, always end up meaning:

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