Students set Bangladesh’s state broadcaster on fire as violent protests rage (www.semafor.com)
from return2ozma@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 19 Jul 2024 05:37
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SeaJ@lemm.ee on 19 Jul 2024 06:20 next collapse

I thought the state broadcaster was a person. It is a building.

khannie@lemmy.world on 19 Jul 2024 13:57 next collapse

That’s an interesting mix up but I could totally understand it.

Is there no state run TV / radio where you live?

Drusas@kbin.run on 20 Jul 2024 00:59 next collapse

If that person is in the US, no, there is not.

idiomaddict@feddit.de on 20 Jul 2024 04:55 collapse

PBS/NPR?

Drusas@kbin.run on 20 Jul 2024 23:37 collapse

I guess that's true, but they're not directly state-run. Public, yes.

SeaJ@lemm.ee on 20 Jul 2024 01:14 collapse

We call them public broadcast stations here in the US. The host is usually called a broadcaster or anchor.

Drusas@kbin.run on 20 Jul 2024 01:00 collapse

To be fair, I think in the US, even if we did have a state broadcaster, we would refer to this as setting the state broadcaster building on fire. Because state broadcaster sounds like a person and not a building or institution. But it might just sound that way to us because we don't have a state broadcaster.

Drusas@kbin.run on 20 Jul 2024 01:02 collapse

The protesters are definitely in the right. Reserving some (in this case, many) of the top jobs in the country for the descendants of past protesters/fighters is just nepotism by another name.