| "Isn't the whole point of journalism and reporting to provide a non-biased view of events?"
Isn't the reason the media is so godawful these days because they try to maintain the pretense of non-biased reporting? I think it should be the job of the media to report the truth, and the truth is inherently biased against anyone who is wrong.
In Canada the other day the Chinese ambassador was given a press conference where he was allowed to present China's point of view. I didn't catch all of it, came in about part way, but I do remember the way he equated 1940s Tibet with Nazi Germany (seriously), the way he said that Tibet was a medieval country before China 'elevated' it to modern status (as a former overseas teacher, I can attest to the fact that parts of China still look like something out of the middle ages), and that the Dalai Lama had tricked the world into believing he is a peaceful figured (I knew it! I knew he was only pretending to be a nice guy).
All this stuff scares me - China is a bully (please don't tell me that so is the U.S., I already agree with that), and the next real war that gets fought will be against it.  |