Man
should never act as low as CNN
and BBC
The recent violent incidents in Tibet
should not detract this wonderful event. In the frenzied debate over
Tibet, a few facts are forgotten. Tibet has been part of China
since the 13th century. It is part of China's family of 56 ethnic
groups The title of the Dalai Lama was conferred by the Qing emperor
back in 1653. The enthronement of the current 14th Dalai Lama was
approved by the central government and witnessed by an official sent
from Beijing in 1940.
News distortions
by Western Media
Man should never act as low as CNN
and BBC
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The US-based Cable News Network
(CNN) posted a picture showing a bunch of people running in front
of a military vehicle on the street of Lhasa. However, Chinese
netizens found that the right side of the original picture, which
was cropped out by CNN, shows some rioters throwing stones at
the vehicle. But they cut off the images that can fully reflect
the rioters.The flying stones, burning motorcycles and insane
mobsters throwing stones are still visible from the original picture.
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On March 17, the British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) released a picture on its website showing Chinese
riot police officers helping medical staff carry a wounded person
into an ambulance. The caption on the website said military crackdown,
hundreds Tibetans were killed in its coverage to distort the
truth.
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On Marth 18, the German newspaper
Berlin Morgenpost posted a picture on its website in which police
in Lhasa rescued a young man of Han nationality assaulted by rioters.
But the caption distorted the fact as "insurrectionist taken away
by police." -Full
Story- (bbs.chinadaily.com.cn
- 30/03/08)
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