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.
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.
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SeaJ@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 2y
I thought the state broadcaster was a person. It is a building.
khannie@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
That's an interesting mix up but I could totally understand it.
Is there no state run TV / radio where you live?
SeaJ@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
We call them public broadcast stations here in the US. The host is usually called a broadcaster or anchor.
Drusas@kbin.run · 2 pts · 2y
If that person is in the US, no, there is not.
idiomaddict@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
PBS/NPR?
Drusas@kbin.run · 1 pts · 2y
I guess that's true, but they're not directly state-run. Public, yes.
Drusas@kbin.run · 2 pts · 2y
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 · 5 pts · 2y
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.