American tourist “Taiwan is not a country, you are Chinese” has gone viral

Not that I agree with him, I respect everyone’s freedom of speech, but there are few coverage on DPP’s mainstream media about this specific incident. I’m really interested to know what people think about his political statement.

This is the only video I’ve seen from a foreign YouTuber.

Arrest him

Then why are you posting Chinese state media? Why would I want to give them the views and algo boost?

You are wrong, if this man was Chinese, a mainland spouse or a local Taiwanese the DPP news reports would make a big fuzz about his comment, but because he’s a white man from US, they downplayed such an incident. It has nothing to do with CCP state media. Taiwan media should comment, society should not be double standard.

Taiwan media can not waste time on every stupid retard out there who tries to make money by saying stupid things

It’s just a clickbait

I think there are quite some videos on YouTube by random white guys from the US on which the Taiwan media hasn’t commented on.

Why should they comment on every YouTube video that mentions Taiwan just because it was uploaded by an American? :thinking:

I am not.

This is Chinese State Media on YouTube

You clearly didn’t read my post correctly.

People who have citizenship of Taiwan that live in the mainland of Taiwan are as Taiwanese as anyone else.

Well Taiwanese media frequently comment on reports from Chinese state media regarding to political issues. In this previous case, even though Douyin is a social media platform from China, a video shared by a mainland Chinese spouse already sparked considerable controversy resulting to her deportation.

I’m actually surprised that this white guy didn’t draw attention from DPP media this time, since he’s making a political comment. Taiwan society is highly political.

However this fake news “Taiwan is not China” sticker was published by the media which originated by a Taiwanese person on X.

Why should Taiwanese media pay attention to random white guys yelling things in public, political or not?

He is of no importance, and said nothing of substance.

Non-China affiliated Taiwanese media are not perfect, but they have slightly better focus than the golden retriever from Up the Pixar movie.

what exactly is fake news about it?

The Taiwan is not China photo it’s ai generated.

Apparently bought and sold, or lacking basic critical thinking skills.

Either way people like this should be ignored and not boosted.

Guy

So what exactly did SETN say that made it fake news?

It’s widely reported by DPP media outlets including Liberty Times praising the girl until it was exposed to be fake.

That’s not fake news though. They reported on something.

Was the media intentionally lying? Were they intentionally being deceptive?

It’s already proven to be fake by AI fact center. Taiwan news always report unverified sources sometimes quoting online articles or posts from social media claiming it to be fact. I’m not surprised because I always doubt what’s being reported on the media sometimes they are obviously exerted or dubious especially the media in Taiwan are affiliated to different political parties. Don’t you ever question what’s on the news?

Back to my point the white guy wasn’t widely reported not because it’s CPP affiliated, it’s because the pro-China comment was made by a white man or specifically an American which is Taiwan’s ally it’s considered an embarrassment and highly controversial for the DPP, they don’t want to stir up a US-Taiwan debate, if he’s Taiwanese or a Chinese citizen the outcome would be very different.

Yes, after the fact. But I don’t see any intentional deception by the news. They simply reported on a post someone made that went viral. Once it came out that the post was made by generative AI, the news followed up.

Was it lazy? Sure. But it wasn’t fake news.

He says as I am literally questioning him. I should question the news but not what @Anthisan says?

Can you show me where I said I believe all news wholeheartedly? I just simply questioned your statement that it is fake news. It’s not. It was a hoax.

It’s very important to determine WHO is doing the deception and for what reason. If the news is not the one engaging in deception, then it is not fake news.

Seriously, it’s clearly fake? Who posted it?

Clearly the ‘DPP news’ :rofl: The psyop Ukrainian girl in Japan who’s secretly a DPP spy.

How can anyone accept an online post as concrete proof that an event actually took place? For example, I could easily fabricate a story about witnessing a heated argument on the Beijing subway where someone shouted, ‘Taiwan is not China.’ Without photos, witnesses, or any verification, such claims carry zero weight. True journalists rely on rigorous fact-checking and credibility, not unverified social media chatter. Ultimately, the only logical motivation behind publishing such unverified incident is to push a political agenda.