Well taking china as an example, they have very little press freedom, and economically they were until recently very strong. But then again there is a different mentality, people were prepared to give up some freedom to be protected and looked after by the state, and kind of sleepwalk politically.
I sometimes feel the middle east is the same as you have large tracts of people with a common family/religon all looking out for each other. People really have to fight for change and the barriers that get put up can deter all except the very determined. Press freedom would rock the boat too much and would make it difficult to maintain the status quo.
Curious, in the west newspapers often have certain leanings either, left/right conservative/liberal. But people know this and know that stories are being spun in a certain way. Statistics/data can be abused in many ways to prove a point, as we even find here on QL.
Well taking china as an example, they have very little press freedom, and economically they were until recently very strong. But then again there is a different mentality, people were prepared to give up some freedom to be protected and looked after by the state, and kind of sleepwalk politically.
I sometimes feel the middle east is the same as you have large tracts of people with a common family/religon all looking out for each other. People really have to fight for change and the barriers that get put up can deter all except the very determined. Press freedom would rock the boat too much and would make it difficult to maintain the status quo.
Curious, in the west newspapers often have certain leanings either, left/right conservative/liberal. But people know this and know that stories are being spun in a certain way. Statistics/data can be abused in many ways to prove a point, as we even find here on QL.