Shanghai-Beijing Bullet Train Western Media Coverage, a case of Journalism vs. Propaganda
Journalism is reporting the facts. Today, I was curious how the Western media covered the new high speed rail between Shanghai and Beijing had just gone into service. I searched on Google, and the very first two articles I read had already struck me. One represents what journalism should be and the other was really quite something else. Kudos to AFP reporter, Allison Jackson, where she wrote, “Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train makes debut.” No kudos, however, to David Pierson of Los Angeles Time, who wrote, “China feeling like No. 1 with a bullet train.” The headline already sounds bitter. To some, propaganda might be too harsh a description. I simply want to put these two articles side by side and point out the nuttiness. You decide if I am too hash in my description or not.
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