The point is, got to give credit where it’s due.

Anyways, let’s get back to cherry picking. Cherry picking the term originates obviously from cherry picking in the farm, i.e. harvesting cherries by picking them up from the trees.

In suburban Beijing, in fact, this is the time for cherry picking. And if you go to one of these farms to pick cherries by hand, you’ll understand what it means to cherry pick. Farmers will instruct you how, as a matter of fact. They will tell you to pick only those that are red, ripe and bright looking. Leave others, the green ones, to ripen some more on the trees. In other words, don’t waste.

Hence and therefore, figuratively speaking to cherry pick is to be very picky and choosy, sometimes to a fault if you overdo it or choose only evidence that supports your argument and ignore other, real but unhelpful, facts and figures. At any rate, be careful with your choice because you may be free to choose, you may not be able to do what you want to later with the consequences of your free choice. Have to deal with the consequences of your choice also.

That is to say, be very careful with your freedom because, contrary to common Chinese perception, freedom is a lot of responsibility.

This is why we need accountability in this country. This is, I see now, why I took the trouble to explain this word in the very beginning.

Alright, here are media examples of cherry picking:

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