Bias information and reports are not a rarity in the
western media. For decades we have been fed by half-truth reports just so that
they can ensure a certain criteria or agenda is met. Bias reporting of foreign media
has also been used as a weapon to
propagate certain “facts” to justify actions taken by any parties even though the facts
are not true.
The fact of the matter is, the news reported by CNN is always favouring certain
countries and this does not includes Malaysia. Frankly speaking, many Asian
countries have suffered badly at the hands of CNN and their foreign
correspondent. Who can ever forget how CNN tries to defame the Thai government
during the reign of Abhisit Vejjajiva the former Thai Prime Minister. CNN was
adamant in showing that the whole of Thailand is in flames with riots and
looting. The same video showing rioters protesting on the streets were
repeatedly shown. The real situation was actually very different then what CNN
portrays. The rioting incident only happens in Bangkok, while people in Hatyai,
Krabi and other places in Thailand are chilling at the beach while sipping Pina
Coladas with no worries.
The same goes to incident in Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan and many more
countries in Asia. The news they report are sometimes based on rumours and
speculation made so that they can get more viewers to watch their channel and
click into their portal. There don’t care about facts or the truth. Even China
was a subject of CNN persecution, who can forget the Tiananmen Square incident
where a Chinese protestor stood in front of a Chinese Army’s tank. They
did not even show the full video of the incident. What they did was, they show
the first part of the video, then they cut it off right when the tank about to
move. Thus indicating the tank crush the “Tank Man” making the world see that
the Chinese government is heartless. What really happened was, the Chinese Army
Tank moves aside avoiding the famous “Tank Man” and no one was injured or died
in this particular incident.
CNN has constructed a decades of lies, their reasons for these lies might
varied but we the people of the world must understand that they are not the
responsible source that we should rely on, especially in any incident involving
Asian countries. While CNN based most of their stories on half-baked facts, Fox
New on the other hand are more of a tabloid type of news agency. They are not
interested at the real facts but more towards creating a story that will
enhance the imagination particularly of the American people.
Who could forget the accusation that they made to their own president Mr Barack
Obama by calling him the Anti-Christ. Because of the American freedom of speech
and their liberal press laws, no legal action can be taken by Fox News. However
the president of the United States will always take a jab at Fox News during
the White House Correspondent Dinner as a way to get even to the news agency. Fox
News racist slurs and anti-Asian stand is not a new thing. They have been
ridiculing Asian, Middle Easterners and some European countries for decades.
Sadly many of us here in Malaysia still believe their story and use it as
a source of facts.
We should not get all worked up with their actions as both of these networks
are consider not credible even in their own country. The statements made by
their correspondent in the event of crisis are also marred with personal
opinion and negative sentiments towards a certain group of people. Their
reports on the MH370 flights are a reminder that both of these news agencies
are not reliable. Their main target is to provoke and to see what happens with
their provocation. Lately they are trying to provoke the people of China to
hate the Malaysian government by saying that the Malaysian government lies to
the world. But what they forget is that the information given by the Malaysian
authorities consists of collective resource that is contributed by more than 26
countries worldwide. If CNN and Fox News were truly sincere in their reports,
they should have mentioned the fact Malaysia is not the only country that are
involved in the search and rescue mission.
In the time of crisis, we as human beings should stand and work together.
Spreading lies and unfounded accusation is not the way to go. Maybe we should
all boycott news and agencies like Fox News and CNN just to show them that we
demand real stories and not some fairy tales that they conjured up out of
nowhere.
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