Fusarium is a really common fungus in America, anyone that works in agriculture knows this. Clear example of mainstream media intentionally spreading a narrative to the ignorant population to cause sinophobia and fear. There are already millions of hectares infected by this fungus, for literally centuries.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago

Clear example of mainstream media intentionally spreading a narrative to the ignorant population to cause sinophobia and fear.

it's mind boggling how easy it is to do.

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

I do a lot of invasive species management. Many of the common names are "exotic" sounding and include "Asian", "Chinese", "Japanese" etc because they were marketed this way in the 20th century to appeal to gardeners and land managers who didn't know better and just wanted fast growing, pretty plants.

Now, in the current atmosphere of sinophobia I have often heard someone imply these invasives were deliberate sabotage. But it was westerners who imported these things. We wanted them, or at least wanted the plant that hosted the insect, or whatever. Also, by that logic we have "sabotaged" China with our invasives.

I feel like as a society we are so inarticulate, hateful, and short-sighted that we no longer have the ability to solve complex problems.

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

BBC accused of being a western propaganda outlet.

[–] rentasonder@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I can't understand this. Are you implying that it's wrong to consider the BBC a western propaganda outlet?

They're UK state funded media, and receive funding from the U$ CIA through USAID. They're absolutely a western propaganda outlet.

[–] WilfordGrimley@linux.community 2 points 3 weeks ago

I assume they are being facetious as that is such an obvious point.

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah I was just mocking the BBC but i see how it may have came off that way.