Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Honest Reporting in Dishonest Times
Initially it sounded a little weird but, on a FOX News video the other day, they referred to North Korea as a "communist" country and later, a "dictatorship." I realized that it sounded weird because, even though everyone knows that both descriptions are completely accurate, one often finds other news sources shying away from such matter-of-fact labels.
Communism isn't supposed to be seen as a bad thing in some people's eyes, and they certainly don't want images of goose-stepping authoritarian war-mongers associated with a "philosophy" still favored by many. Calling any country (other than our own) a dictatorship is deemed "unhelpful" and in the deluded fantasy world of many intellectuals such accuracy runs contrary to their worship of relativism. Indeed, as Fox noted, North Korea is a dictatorship and a communist country. I'd add one other thing with partisan emphasis, both concepts are bad.
