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

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5 pointsUglyToad5 comments

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

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

"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.

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

Sounds ... partisan

China is the largest government creditor to emerging economies and it's been widely reported on and dissected. I don't need a senior associate at a think tank to tell me there are strings attached. Whataboutism doesn't make this any less concerning.

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