Experts:
Netizens irritated at foreign media's false reports
Two experts majoring in
journalism and media research expressed their opinions on this issue. One is Yu
Guoming, Chairman of Public Opinion Research Institute, from Renmin University
of China and the other is Yin Yungong, leader of Institute of Journalism and
Communication, from the Chinese Academy of Social Science.
Yu Guoming: Theoretically speaking, this kind of
distorted reports fall into two categories in the field of journalistic
researches. One is a sort of confusion resulted from the ignorance of certain
facts, which kind of situation is understandable and acceptable; while on the
other side is the intentional confusion that calls white black, which is
definitely not due to ignorance or lacking in knowledge of facts. This kind of
confusion can only be regarded as purposeful deeds associated with certain
political intentions or some in-depth national Interests
Yin Yungong: Actually the western world has been
holding three one-sided viewpoints towards "the Dalai Issue," that is to say,
nepotism, in which they take sides in the Dalai clique; bigoted opinions that
are in favor of the Dalai Lama, turning a blind eye on the Chinese government
and the Chinese people; and also prejudiced reports that are out of their
nepotism and bigoted opinions.
The western media is totally neither fair nor square
on "the Tibet Issue." Why? Mobsters assaulted innocent civilians, causing so
many Hans and Tibetans injured and five young saleswomen burnt to death.
However, I've never seen any western media reporting such inhumane actions by
the rioters. None of them have shown even a bit of human cares to the Chinese
people who were physically injured in the riot. Is this what they call human
rights or justices?
Reporter: We've seen many people condemn some western
media organizations for distorting facts in covering the Lhasa riot. They
spontaneously set up some website portals or organized rallies to express their
protests. What's your pinion about these behaviors?
Yu: It's actually quite normal. What really scared us
are not the biased reports from the western media, but the one-sided view all
over the world. To break through the unitary monopoly of the western media
hegemony, we could make full use of the modern digital technology and various
ways of communications and "citizen diplomacy" to publicize the truth.
Such distorted reporting by the western media did not
only happen to the riot in Lhasa. After a careful look at their coverage about
China in recent years, we'll easily find that their bias and prejudice over
China are still inrooted.
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