Chinese people do not detest the domestic media's critical reports of social problems because they know the reports do not serve to cover the brighter side of society as it is so obvious to every Chinese at home. Even if the media reports are all about negative things, people are fully aware that their country's achievements and progress far outweigh the problems.
The majority of the Western media's reports about China, however, are negative. Admittedly, most of these problems do exist. The question is, do they represent China's real image? As the Western media dominates the world's journalistic arena and thus constitutes the only channel through which the world learns about China, the image of China is all problematic. Is that not a distortion? Do people of any nation like their image to be distorted the same way?
In the Hualian case, what the Chinese people resented, according to the author, was the WSJ's report. Therefore, according to her logic, these Chinese proved to be cold-blooded over a matter concerning their compatriots' lives, because they did not like the WSJ's report. What ridiculous logic.
She seemed to be very proud of being part of the WSJ, for of all the examples she mentioned, three were related to her media's outlet and one of them was an ardent defense of "our newspaper's strict standards". I would like to give her a piece of advice: to work for a prestigious newspaper like the WSJ, one needs to know at least the basic principles of journalism. For instance, when covering a topic, the reporter or commentary writer should try not to cite examples that are too closely related to his/her company.
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