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TIL: People in Georgia (the country) have been protesting every day for over 400 days

TIL: People in Georgia (the country) have been protesting every day for over 400 days - Lemmy.zip

People in Georgia have been protesting everyday for over a year (406+ days) but for whatever reason it’s not currently getting much media coverage likely because the media tends to not report on reoccurring protests. There’s more information about the protests on the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–2026_Georgian_protests [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%932026_Georgian_protests] Basically they’re protesting due to election fraud, democratic backsliding and protesting against pro-Russia policies, they want to be aligned with the EU.

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brachiosaurus Jan 10

but for whatever reason it’s not currently getting much media coverage likely because the media tends to not report on reoccurring protests.

In the past decade there have been a drop in protests coverage worldwide, governments are now following instructions not to report on these.

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porcoesphino Jan 10

Governments don’t own most media. For private companies that rely on money, clickthrough rates decrease for events that continue and that has to be one contribution for the decrease

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brachiosaurus Jan 10

Governments don’t own most media.

Most media are indeed owned directly by governments or by people with ties to them.

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porcoesphino Jan 10

Any chance you have some data to show how accurate that is? And, are you making a global statement, or just one about Georgia?

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brachiosaurus Jan 10

Go to reddit, pick the first media outlet you see and check who owns it, or check who owns reddit.

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porcoesphino Jan 10

That’s not very statistically relevant.

Also… why reddit when we’re using Lemmy commenting on a channel designed for news links? Repeat your prompt for me?

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AntiOutsideAktion Jan 10

That’s not very statistically relevant.

what kind of debatelord nonsense is this

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GrammarPolice

Well they kinda have a point, brachiosaurus and porcoesphino asked for some evudence to back up that claim, but they responded with a vague, ‘go look at Reddit and see for yourself’, which isn’t really statistically relevant when you make a claim such as, “most media state-owned”.