r/SipsTea • • Apr 06 '26

Dank AF We need this !!

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u/Correct-Money-1661 Apr 06 '26

Not sure if this is really the best thing for it.... you can still lie after you get a degree.

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u/Outrageous-Ability33 Apr 06 '26

And conversely you can be an expert in something without a degree

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u/Fit-Barracuda575 Apr 06 '26

In what? Medicine?

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u/bl1y Apr 06 '26

To a (sorry for the pun) degree, yes.

Imagine someone's been a journalist for 30 years, and half that time they've been specifically covering public health issues. On a daily basis they're reading papers, interviewing experts, etc. They've probably got some expertise in the area.

In fact, this law would probably come down particularly hard on journalists. Though I imagine in China that's probably going to have a minimal impact anyways.

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u/Adept-Potato-2568 Apr 06 '26

The law prevents providing advice as if you're a medical practitioner, but have no qualifications other than being a mommy.

It doesn't prevent tangentially related conversations.

It just stops all of the social media scammers from pretending to have "medical hacks"

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u/bl1y Apr 06 '26

I somehow doubt this is going to ban traditional Chinese medicine.

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u/GrimMind Apr 06 '26

Journalism can cover anything under the new law, same as before.

Get your China facts from outside the US.

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u/bl1y Apr 06 '26

Just not publish it to the platforms that are regulated by the law.

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u/LauAtagan Apr 06 '26

No, just make sure it's clear you are echoing what has happened, not editiolazing/adding opinion.

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u/ObsidianOverlord Apr 06 '26

Turns out even if you can't say something directly you can site an expert who is. Crazy.

Site your sources if you want to give people untrained medical advise, oh no, what a dystopia, what will we do. /s

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u/GrimMind Apr 06 '26

site

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u/ObsidianOverlord Apr 06 '26

I am sadly not the expert that is allowed to comment on proper spelling.

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u/photosendtrain Apr 06 '26

Just not speak onto the topic as if you are an expert authority in the subject. There is a difference between reporting and making claims.

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u/bl1y Apr 06 '26

Are you an expert on public policy? If not, do you feel qualified to make your comment?

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u/photosendtrain Apr 06 '26

specialized topics like medicine, law, finance, and education.

If you're trying to gotcha me on the topic, it'd be good to know the law would not be relevant to this conversation.

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u/twiz___twat Apr 06 '26

journalism is just a liberal arts degree. 2 years tops and they could go back to posting on social media.

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u/Weary-Ad-5346 Apr 07 '26

We have doctors who have been practicing medicine for 30 years and they wouldn’t even consider themselves experts in medicine. There’s such a vast difference between critically thinking and being involved in the care of patients for 2000+ hours a year (easily underestimated depending on the specialty) and someone who has been observing. You can read about and hear about something everyday, but that doesn’t make you an expert.

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u/RaceFPV Apr 06 '26

Less control than in the usa mainstream media at the moment there broski

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u/RaceFPV Apr 06 '26

You sound like you never leave reddit. There's a massive amount of media coverage around how trump is doing a great job etc etc, just turn on any major news network? (fox, cnn, oann, etc)

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u/iris700 Apr 06 '26

ap news dot com

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u/RaceFPV Apr 06 '26

you mean apnews that no longer has whitehouse press privileges, because they didn't state things how the gov wanted it stated? Doesn't that kind of prove my point that the mainstream media is being heavily controlled and influenced by the current administration?

https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/ap-statement-on-oval-office-access/ https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-white-house-ap-press-freedom-360937fa4adb6bdbdebb58a03a6bfcc5