I used to believe in the news reports from western media about 6.4. without any doubt. However, as I became more mature and received information about 6.4. from other sources. It really makes me to have a 2nd thought of what really happened during that time and on Tiananmen square.
Can we really 100% trust western medias? Probably not. If you had studied in communication or work in the field of news reporting (especially TV and newspaper), you should have a better understanding of what I try to say.
Look at how CNN & BBC reports incidents in Tibet before the opening of 2008 Olympic.
The western media tried their best to bash the Beijing Olympics. They tried to create the impression that the Beijing Olympics was going to be a failure by dragging out China's political history and emphasizing Beijing's air pollution. The Chinese responded by hosting the most successful Olympics and by getting the largest number of gold medals. A large number of world records were made by the best athletes in Beijing's world class sporting facilities.
Soon after the Beijing Olympics, the Anglo-Saxon financial system started to crumble under their own weight. The world economy was dragged down by the western financial system.
Of course, the economies of Hong Kong and China have performed relatively well in this recession, to the disappointment of the western bashers. The stock markets of Hong Kong and Shanghai are moving up again.
I used to believe in the news reports from western media about 6.4. without any doubt. However, as I became more mature and received information about 6.4. from other sources. It really makes me to ha ...
rockypath 發表於 2009-6-1 03:03
yes.. but at that time, there are also HK newspaper & media doing live broadcast.
anyway, there are always something you believe or you don't believe, it is up to individual judgement.
yes.. but at that time, there are also HK newspaper & media doing live broadcast.
anyway, there are always something you believe or you don't believe, it is up to individual judgement.
rainbow-davie 發表於 2009-6-1 10:13
I think you just bring up a very important point which we might not be aware of when we are emotionally overwhelm – “Can we take it as a fact based on what we believe?” The danger is that we might not realize that is only what we believe in and it might not be the whole true story.
I wish one day I can know the truth of what exactly happened but not just based on my personal judgement of what to believe in based on news reporting from media.
發表於 2009-5-31 22:08
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