Saturday, December 7, 2013

Anti-China Bias in News 6

URL 1: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304355104579235833738962934

Headline 1:
Biden Condemns China Air Zone


URL 2:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-tokyo-biden-blames-china

Headline 2: In Tokyo, Biden blames China for raising tensions in Northeast 
Asia
My commentary:   "Condemn" is the word that is used, as in, we condemn 
Japanese massacre in Nanking, we condemn Japanese murder of American POWs, 
we condemn Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, we condemn the Japanese 
right wing's attempt to revise history and say: "Actually we are tired of 
saying sorry for the above atrocities, and we aren't sorry after all".

Biden did not "condemn" China over the "air zone".   The article does not 
substantiate the use of word "condemn" in the headline.   And the author 
Yuka Hayashi shows he is capable of manufacture a "condemnation" out of 
whole cloth; the government of Japan behind the author shows that it's 
capable and willing to manufacture a China-US conflict when a conflict, not 
peace, suits its political purposes.

We salute Japan's ability to manipulate media in the US.   The Chinese needs
to learn from the Japanese, as they already learned the trick of unilateral
declaration of disproportionately large air space from the Japanese.


Washington Post (URL 2) is slightly less hyperbolic.  Instead of "condemn", 
it uses the word "blame".  Author's name is David Nakamura.  Wall Street 
Journal and Washington Post both channels Tokyo.  Never mind fair and 
balanced reporting.   

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