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BEIJING,
March 27 (Xinhua) -- The website "www.anti-CNN.com " reflects public
condemnation of some Western media's "distorted" reports of the riots in Lhasa,
capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman
Qin Gang said on Thursday.
"It is purely spontaneous condemnation and criticism
by the Chinese people toward some Western media's irresponsible reports which
violated professional ethnics," Qin said at a regular press conference.
Qin was responding to a question concerning
"www.anti-CNN.com", which its creators say they launched to expose the Western
media's biased coverage of unrest in Tibet.
"What the Tibetan incident leaves us is a mirror
which tells us the true colours of some in the international community," he
said.
It includes a photograph on the CNN news network
website showing people running in front of a military truck. The original
picture uploaded by Chinese Internet users, however, also shows rioters throwing
stones at the truck.
Tens of thousands of people from China and abroad
have been angered by biased and dishonest reports about the riots in Tibet by
some Western media, and answered calls to condemn Western media organizations
for exaggerated and distorted reporting of the issue.
The Information Office of China's State Council has
arranged a three-day trip for an international delegation of 26 journalists from
19 media organizations from different countries and regions, such as The
Associated Press from the United States, the Financial Times from Britain, the
South China Morning Post from Hong Kong and Central News Agency from Taiwan.
Lhasa is returning to normal after the March 14
unrest that was believed to be organized, premeditated and masterminded by the
Dalai Lama group.
The unrest, involving beating, smashing, ransacking
and arson, led to the deaths of at least 18 civilians and one police officer. It
also left 382 civilians and 241 police officers injured, businesses looted, and
residences, shops and vehicles torched.
Foreigners in Tibet: Western media reports not conform with facts
LHASA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- While some Western media rashly accuse China of "violent crackdown" on the "peaceful protests" in Tibet, some foreigners there disagreed.
"Many reports were not accurate," said Tony Gleason, field director of Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund, an American organization which helps poor Tibetans through skill training and small sum of financing. Full story
German news television regrets error in covering Tibet riots
BERLIN, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Germany's RTL television said on Sunday that it "regrets an error" in covering the riots in Lhasa, capital city of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
The TV station admitted on its website that it "used a picture in a wrong context." Full text
German media apologize for errors in covering Tibet riots
BERLIN, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Two German news organizations have apologized after being accused of distorting facts in covering the riots in Lhasa, capital city of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
German news television N-TV on Monday admitted that a picture and a video sequence it used on March 20 in a report about the riots in Tibet had actually been taken in Nepal, a neighboring country of China. Full text
Netizens slam CNN's distortion of riot picture
BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of netizens have answered calls to condemn CNN and a few other western media organizations for distorting facts in covering the riot in Lhasa, capital city of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
"The fairness and objectivity of CNN is cropped," said one of the postings at the online forum of www.china.com., referring to a CNN website picture showing people running in front of a military truck. The original picture uploaded by Chinese netizens, however, actually also shows mobsters throwing stones at the truck. Full text
