China circles El Salvador's economy as country edges toward crypto plunge

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/15/china-el-salvador-economy-cryptocurrency-fall

by UglyToad • 4 years ago

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Normille2• 4 years ago

As I said, referencing this story in another thread [0], where we were discussing media bias:

Nice use of the word 'circling' there to suggest a predatory shark, about to move in for the kill on aa hapless victim. Methinks the wording and visual imagery would have been quite different, if the US or EU was in talks to buy up El Salvdor's debt.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33622285

josefresco2• 4 years ago

"That financing wouldn’t come cheap, according to Evan Ellis, a senior associate at the Washington DC based Centre for Strategic & International Studies. “China acts as a payday lender, they make good money off of these deals,” he said. “But they often find a way to tie the loans to long-term commercial and strategic benefits opening the way for Chinese companies.”"

Sounds ... predatory.

Normille2• 4 years ago

  >a senior associate at the Washington DC based...

Sounds ... partisan

hunglee2• 4 years ago

was about the mention the same. Sub editors have such a malign influence, able to send the narrative off into a particular direction due to framing it via the simple expedient of using a single verb.

top tip for countries who want to 'shape the cognitive infrastructure' - just plant a few agents as sub editors in a few of the major news outlets is probably best ROI

China circles El Salvador's economy as country edges toward crypto plunge

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