You’re right, the text itself doesn’t spell out any exemptions.
I guess I was just (badly) trying to express my skepticism that our own media and/or society at large would be willing to apply this definition to our own local governments or government-adjacent orgs, even if they met the criteria.
Which wasn’t really the point of this post anyhow I suppose… I’ll shut my trap now :)
You’re right, the text itself doesn’t spell out any exemptions.
I guess I was just (badly) trying to express my skepticism that our own media and/or society at large would be willing to apply this definition to our own local governments or government-adjacent orgs, even if they met the criteria.
Which wasn’t really the point of this post anyhow I suppose… I’ll shut my trap now :)
Oh I see. Yes the media as well as who manipulates the media would be responsible for manipulating the perspective for sure. I agree with you there.