China Syndrome

July 22, 2022, 1:05 p.m.

Hepcat

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Joined: Nov. 8, 2003

Fast's tank man post vanished too. Coincidence?!?

July 22, 2022, 1:10 p.m.

Fast-Orange

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Joined: Jan. 27, 2003

Posted by: Hepcat

Fast's tank man post vanished too. Coincidence?!?

You deleted your request for it. I'll put it back.

https://qz.com/90764/what-happened-to-tank-man-chinas-most-famous-tiananmen-square-protester/

July 22, 2022, 1:22 p.m.

Couch_Surfer

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Reddit and Twitter really latched onto confirmation bias with this one. Good example of why to not use them as a primary news source. Solid place for rage-baiting though.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-china-tanks-bank-protest-597006254172

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July 22, 2022, 2:01 p.m.

chupacabra

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Posted by: Couch_Surfer

Reddit and Twitter really latched onto confirmation bias with this one. Good example of why to not use them as a primary news source. Solid place for rage-baiting though.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-china-tanks-bank-protest-597006254172

Not only does stuff like this show how much bad information can be distributed in online forums (present company excluded of course), but it kinda vindicates the MSM. When you trace back the bullshit stories that somehow take off into Reddit common knowledge it usually starts at some shady blog masquerading as a news site.

July 22, 2022, 2:17 p.m.

Fast-Orange

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It's like that video from late 2019 that people claimed was police in Wuhan going into an apartment complex and shooting people quarantined with covid. You see two uniformed men walk from a van to out of frame and a gunshot is heard.

Turned out they were animal control in a completely different part of the country putting down a rabid dog.

July 22, 2022, 2:18 p.m.

Couch_Surfer

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Joined: Feb. 19, 2003

Posted by: Fast-Orange

It's like that video from late 2019 that people claimed was police in Wuhan going into an apartment complex and shooting people quarantined with covid. You see two uniformed men walk from a van to out of frame and a gunshot is heard.

Turned out they were animal control in a completely different part of the country putting down a rabid dog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDrfE9I8_hs

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Sept. 20, 2022, 5:26 p.m.