Liar Liar Liar quoth the chinaman

Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Jon

Here's a fun game involving the ever expanding world of propaganda.

Use Google news' search feature to choose your source. This will give you lists of news stories tailored for specific audiences. Here are some examples of propaganda machines' different spin on a controversial event (Chinese Communist Party, US, UK, Falun Gong, God).

torch relay source:Xinhua  

torch relay source:Associated Press

torch relay source:Reuters

torch relay source:Epoch Times  

torch relay source:Christian Science Monitor  

It's funny how much God hates the Chinese Government. Seems to have more sentiment than even the US's Associated Press. I wonder if he feels the same about Gitmo. Let's check.

Guantanamo Bay source:Christian Science Monitor

Whew! He doesn't care. Looks like we can ramp up our operations there! But first we'd better check with our allies across the atlantic.

Guantanamo Bay source:Reuters

Hm. let's play it cool for a bit and sputter out some more scary news stories until they catch on and everyone realizes its importance.

Guantanamo Bay source:Associated Press

Next, what are the Chinese told to think?

Guantanamo Bay source:Xinhua

Damn, we're bad.