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China Lauds iPhone App That Spreads Gov't Views
angry tapir writes "China's film and TV regulator has praised the growth of an iPhone application from state broadcaster CCTV as the country looks for new ways to project its political views abroad. The free iPhone app, one of a growing number from Chinese state-owned news outlets, has gained 500,000 users in the month or so since it went online and is adding 2,000 new users each day, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said in a statement on its Web site. The CCTV app has shown 'favorable performance' and proven especially popular during broadcasts of major events, such as a high-flown military parade held in Beijing last month, the statement said."
Why yes, indeed there is!...
"The UK's Heritage Minister has praised the growth of the iPlayer application from state broadcaster BBC as the Trust looks for new ways to project its political views. The free flash video streaming, one of a growing number from British state-owned news outlets, has gained 500,000 users in the month or so since it went online and is adding 2,000 new users each day, the BBC Trust said in a statement on its Web site. The iPlayer app has shown 'favorable performance' and proven especially popular during broadcasts of major events, such as a recent royal funeral, the statement said."
But I guess "Chinese government streams television network to iPhones" wouldn't be nearly as fetching.
But it's true! We have the Theocratic Fascists on one side and the Plutocratic Fascists on the other...
And this app was approved by Apple?
I applaud Apple for releasing it. If Apple rejected it just because they don't like what its content, that would be censure and they would be no better that the Chinese government.
"Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests purveying contradictory thoughts. Our Unification of Thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people. With one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!"
...now delivered to millions on an iPhone.
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And this app was approved by Apple?
I applaud Apple for releasing it. If Apple rejected it just because they don't like what its content, that would be censure and they would be no better that the Chinese government.
Wait, are we talking about the same Apple that censors everything else that goes on the iphone just because they don't like its content?
I don't Obama using apps for news is a big deal since there are plenty of other places to get news that have various points of view.
If China has an app like this but is letting other news get through... more power to them. It becomes a problem when other POVs are not allowed to be heard.
There is a significant difference in that MSNBC does not take the things its commentators, like Olbermann, say and then report them as news in its news segments.
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Wow. I remember Yahoo, Google and others getting flak from /. crowd for 'succumbing' to the chinese govt pressure and 'censuring' information. But here, Apple goes a step ahead and actually promotes Chinese propaganda and it's kudos to Apple??
Way to go, fanbois, way to go.
Just to spell it out to any one who is an idiot. The above poster was being sarcastic. Scarborough and Buchanan are both ultra conservative. Thus disproving the fact that "msnbc" is inherently liberal. Thus proving the Shakrai and the other poster morons. MSNBC dose have a few semi liberal newscasters but it dose try and give a somewhat balanced view. This is the complete opposite of fox "news" as it is all conservative all the time NO EXCEPTIONS .
Because, of course, that never happened when he was in office, right?
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You also aren't very logical. At least MSNBC allows conservatives on their network. Name one liberal host on a Fox News show, or one liberal that they give as much air time to as MSNBC gives to Buchanan.
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Are you trolling, or just being ignorant? If Apple censors one kind of political propaganda, but accepts other kinds, the accepting others makes things WORSE, not better. You see, if they deny all political content, fine, they just want to be un-political. If they want to decide which propaganda is OK (or if they're getting paid to accept certain propaganda), that's the worst kind of censorship. And we should congratulate them for this?