Source: World Wide Web
Western media and politicians often make some "double standard" and confusing behaviors because of both prejudices, and this time, it is the US "New York Times" that has been caught.
On the 18th Beijing time, Rajev Chandrasekhar, the Indian government's Minister of State for Skills Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology, posted two screenshots of the New York Times report on Twitter, with the text asking: "Dear New York Times, put this out for you and others to see." What is the reason for the double standard? Is it the distance from the story, or the 'prism' you use to see the story (in other words, prejudice)? India is a proud democracy and deserves better. ”↓
On the left is a New York Times Twitter report published on February 4, 2020, reporting on months of months of farmers' protests in India, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi took steps to try to quell the incident. But the U.S. media tweet focused more on "concerns" about free speech: "As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi struggles to quell months of farmers' protests, critics and analysts see a pattern of restrictions on free speech that they fear will put India on a dangerous path of parochiality." ”↓
On the right side of the picture, there is news about the recent "free motorcade" protest by Canadian truck drivers against the Canadian government's epidemic prevention measures. It was also "protests," the New York Times tweeted: "As protests in Canada continue and truck drivers block supply chains (in Canada) with the United States, some Canadians ask: Why didn't Prime Minister Trudeau order the protests to be quelled?" ”↓
After the "large-scale double-standard scene" of the New York Times was exposed, Twitter was full of angry voices from Indian netizens.
Some Indian netizens angrily rebuked: "The New York Times double standard, the New York Times is a racist (news) agency." "This is hypocrisy rooted in racism." ↓
Some Indian netizens satirized: "Why double standard, The New York Times?" Or is this just standard practice? ”↓
Some Indian netizens directly said: "Don't expect this (news) organization to make fair reports, because they are not running a newspaper, they are an institution driven by political interests to discuss." ”↓
Of course, some Indian netizens said that it was not surprising that this kind of thing appeared in the Western media: "It is not surprising that the West still feels that they are the masters of the world." The netizen also sarcastically said, "They have the right to build a perception of the East without their knowledge." ”↓
For the "well-known double standard" New York Times, this operation is indeed not surprising. In the past, this media has also contributed many "double standard cases" to the world, and one of the "classic scenes" is related to China.
At the beginning of the global outbreak, on March 8, 2020, the New York Times published two tweets on its official Twitter: the first was posted at 10:30 a.m. on the same day, accusing China with a critical tone: "In order to fight the new crown epidemic, China has quarantined 60 million people and imposed strict quarantine and travel restrictions on hundreds of millions of people." The war 'epidemic' has cost people a huge price for their livelihoods and personal freedoms"; just 20 minutes later, at 10:50, the account posted a second message, with some praise and respect for Italy: "Italy has blocked Milan, Venice, and most of the northern cities." They are risking their economies to stop the spread of Europe's worst outbreak." ↓
The same is the "lockdown", the same is the special measures taken in a special period, the New York Times this double standard operation, let many netizens "breathtaking".
It is worth mentioning that in addition to the "double standard", at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics held earlier this month, the New York Times also showed the audience the ability of some Western media to "selectively ignore".
On the day of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, the editor-in-chief of the US media named Vanessa Friedman commented on the clothing of delegations on the official website of the New York Times with the theme of "Comments on the Costumes of The Admission of The Winter Olympic Delegations of Various Countries". Commenting on the Chinese delegation's entry costumes, the editor-in-chief sarcastically said that "the 'Biggest Regression Award' should be awarded to the host of this time" and said that China is "the only country that distinguishes male and female athletes by clothing."
However, Friedman overlooked the fact that everyone who watched the opening ceremony knew that the U.S. delegation also wore different styles of clothing at the entrance ceremony of the Winter Olympics. In response to her country, she not only "selectively ignored", but also double-marked and praised the CLOTHING OF THE US delegation as "more beautiful than the previous design" and "highlighted the elements of technology and environmental protection". It's a joke for the world.