Poor ole Canadian pilots bullied by the aggressive Chinese.... Off the coast of China. They were just allegedly helping to blockade out a Chinese ally. Nothing aggressive about that.
Poor ole Canadian pilots bullied by the aggressive Chinese.... Off the coast of China. They were just allegedly helping to blockade out a Chinese ally. Nothing aggressive about that.
Do we have a name for this "retraction propaganda"? Start with a bold and flimsy claim and walk it back into something totally mundane, but the damage has been done. Same thing with the atrocity propaganda about Hamas. Or the spy balloon that wasn't, or countless other examples.
The discourse in the comments on the video:
Headline: AGGRESSIVE PLAAF BEHAVIOUR THREATENS CANADIAN AIRCRAFT
oh, well yeah they were right off China's coast. Canada would do the same thing if a Chinese fighter came over to BC to "enforce a blockade" on a Canadian ally.
Retraction: Ok but they flew way too close 😡 It's unprofessional
And like, at this point, who gives a shit? Who would take seriously a front page headline about one instance of slightly unprofessional conduct
It's a form of Motte-and-Bailey argument called "burying the lede"