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This exchange is absolutely remarkable. I catch @MacaesBruno red-handed in a lie, but instead of deleting his tweet and apologizing, he replies with a joke! The specific point he makes really speaks volumes: basically, China is bad, so who cares about the truth? Shame on him.
Of course, after I called him out for his lack of integrity, he did what any person with no integrity would do and blocked me 
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This exchange really illustrates why you should always take with a huge grain of salt any story that reflects badly on China. Journalists clearly have strong incentives to cast Beijing in the darkest light possible and they know that they won& #39;t be punished even if they lie.
Moreover, everyone has a strong incentive *not* to call out this kind of behavior, because if you do, you can be sure that you will be accused of being a shill for China, which is exactly what @MacaesBruno did with me. This is one of the reasons journalism is so fucked.
It& #39;s not just @MacaesBruno and other journalists who are responsible for this state of affairs. Many people who retweet/like anti-China tweets no matter how ridiculous they are will see this thread but ignore it, because lies don& #39;t really bother them as long as they& #39;re good lies.
I& #39;m really disgusted by this. This kind of cowardice and dishonesty is appalling, but nobody gives a shit. Not only will @MacaesBruno& #39;s career never be negatively affected, but it will probably be the opposite. He& #39;ll continue to lie and everyone else will continue not to care.
Lol, I didn& #39;t know that, but apparently my friend @MacaesBruno, in addition to being a lying piece of shit, was previously known for sending unsolicited dick pics to
@lilyslynch. https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/sociedade/2017-11-18-jornalista-acusa-bruno-macaes-de-lhe-enviar-fotografias-obscenas-intimidatorias/">https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidad...
@lilyslynch. https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/sociedade/2017-11-18-jornalista-acusa-bruno-macaes-de-lhe-enviar-fotografias-obscenas-intimidatorias/">https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidad...
