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Some Western media's 'double standards' on Xinjiang riot
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July 17, 2009, Friday
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THE Beijing Daily published a bylined article that questioned some Western media's "double standards" in the Xinjiang riot coverage.
"Some Western reporters described the apparently criminal act as 'peaceful protest' sparked by 'ethnic discrimination'," wrote the author Qin Feng in the Sunday paper.
He said these reporters ignored the plain facts, took sides with the desperados and even helped justify their criminal acts. "They have violated the principles of journalism and apparently applied 'double standards' in covering the Xinjiang riot and similar violence in some Western countries in the past."
He referred to the 2005 unrest in the suburbs of Paris and the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
"Not a single media report called these riots a result of prolonged ethnic discrimination, and not a single politician advocated for 'peace' and 'rights' against the governments' use of troops to restore order."
"Media reports need to be objective and balanced," said Qin. "As reporters, we should tell the truth instead of being driven by prejudice or sympathizing with those who sabotage social order."
"Some Western reporters described the apparently criminal act as 'peaceful protest' sparked by 'ethnic discrimination'," wrote the author Qin Feng in the Sunday paper.
He said these reporters ignored the plain facts, took sides with the desperados and even helped justify their criminal acts. "They have violated the principles of journalism and apparently applied 'double standards' in covering the Xinjiang riot and similar violence in some Western countries in the past."
He referred to the 2005 unrest in the suburbs of Paris and the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
"Not a single media report called these riots a result of prolonged ethnic discrimination, and not a single politician advocated for 'peace' and 'rights' against the governments' use of troops to restore order."
"Media reports need to be objective and balanced," said Qin. "As reporters, we should tell the truth instead of being driven by prejudice or sympathizing with those who sabotage social order."
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